VADODARA: Twenty-seven samples collected from the residential society in Jarod village of Vadodara’s Waghodiya taluka where the first case of Delta Plus variant of SARS-Cov-2 virus was recorded, have tested negative.
Health officials in the district are on their toes ever since it came to light that a 38-year-old female resident of Jarod had become the first recorded case of the new variant in Vadodara.
While the female resident, who had tested positive in April and her family are healthy, there were concerns on whether the new variant has infected others in the neighbourhood.
Health teams started scanning the neighbourhood as part of the precautionary measure.
“Our teams had collected 27 samples from the society.
All the samples have tested negative of Covid-19,” said Dr Uday Tilawat, additional district health officer.
The residential society has 130 houses, of which 33 are closed.
“Our teams had carried out door-to-door survey of the remaining 97 homes.
None of the 286 residents have any health-related complication or symptoms of Covid-19 like fever, cough or cold.
Their oxygen saturation level too are good,” he said.
While 37 residents of the society were vaccinated on Saturday, another 60 residents were vaccinated on Sunday.
Nearly 118 residents had already taken their vaccines before the news of new variant surfaced.