A woman who was fully vaccinated against Covid-19 was the first person to have tested positive for the Delta Plus variant in Rajasthan, the Bikaner health officer has said.
According to Dr OP Chahar, the sample of the woman was sent for genome sequencing to the National Institute of Virology in Pune on 30 May. Her reports came back on Friday.
“The Delta Plus variant was found in the woman’s sample. She has already recovered from the Covid infection,” said Chahar. He said it was the first confirmed case of the Delta Plus variant in the state. “She was asymptomatic and has recovered completely. She had already received both doses of Covaxin,” Dr Chahar said. He added that medical officials have also conducted sampling in the Bangla Nagar area of Bikaner where the woman lived.
The medical and health department’s joint director, Dr Devendra Chaudhary, said the woman is aged 65 years. Meanwhile, Rajasthan’s Covid-19 tally rose to 9,51,826 on Friday with 131 fresh cases and the death toll stood at 8,905 as no new fatality was reported. Of the 131 cases, 17 were reported from Jodhpur. A total of 9,41,048 patients have recovered from the disease so far and there are 1,873 active cases in the state.
News Source : News 18
