Bengaluru: Perhaps for the first time in India, a woman has been found reinfected by Covid-19. This has happened in Bengaluru.
The 27-year-old woman has tested positive again nearly a month after she was treated and discharged from hospital.
According to Dr Pratik Patil, consultant, infectious diseases, Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road, said, “In the first week of July, the patient was symptomatic (fever, cough and sore throat) and was tested positive. She was admitted to the hospital and recovered well.”
He added: “A repeat test was conducted on her, which turned out to be negative, post which she was discharged on July 24. However, nearly after one month, in the last week of August, she developed mild symptoms again and has been tested positive again. Both times she did not have severe disease.”
Patil further said, “This is possibly the first reported case of Covid reinfection in Bengaluru. Normally, in case of infection, the Covid Immunoglobulin G antibody is tested positive after 2-3 weeks of infection, however in this patient, the antibody has been tested negative, which means she did not develop immunity after infection.”