Telangana in combat mode after its first COVID-19 case
The HinduThe first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the State was reported from Hyderabad on Monday where a man, who recently returned from Dubai, tested postive for coronavirus. In Dubai, he worked along with people from Hong Kong Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender said the man who developed cough, sneezing, consulted doctors at Apollo Hospital, Secunderabad, as an out patient and got admitted there. Based on suspicion, he was referred to Gandhi Hospital which is one of the government hospitals with isolation ward facility for COVID suspects and the virus positive patients. Samples were collected and he tested positive for COVID-19,” Mr Rajender said adding that they cross checked the results with the National Institute for Virology, Pune for confirmation. Mr Rajender said that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was informed of the positive case and instructions were passed to take serious measures.