17 persons who came in contact with Sikkim's lone COVID-19 patient test negative

Sikkim health officials stated that all the 17 persons who came in contact with the state's lone COVID-19 patient have tested negative for coronavirus infection. The state reported its first coronavirus case on Saturday as a 25-year-old student who recently returned from Delhi tested positive.

Gangtok (Sikkim): All the 17 persons who came in contact with the state's lone COVID-19 patient have tested negative for coronavirus infection.

Sikkim reported its first coronavirus case on Saturday as a 25-year-old student who recently returned from Delhi tested positive, health officials said.

The samples of the 17 persons, including the driver of the state transport bus in which the student returned from Siliguri, tested by TruNat machines have come out as negative, they said.

However, they have been kept in institutional quarantine and their health parameters are being monitored, they added.

(PTI Report)