Kolhapur: A woman from Kolhapur City has been identified as the first covid patient with a Delta-Plus variant in the district.
Kolhapur Municipal Corporation has just received a statement of genome sequencing from a swab sample collected from the 62-year-old woman.
This is the case of the first delta-plus variant confirmed in the Kolhapur district.
The woman has tested Covid Positive on May 28.
After that, a random swab sample was sent to check the Covid virus variant.
In most samples, the identified variant is Delta.
Delta-plus variant is a delta variant mutation.
Head of KMC Head of Kadambari Balkawade said, “We have received a report saying that the woman was infected with ‘delta-plus’ variant.
We have tracked close contact where three have been tested positively.
All have fully recovered from Covid infection.” Not clearly three close contact, which was tested positively infected by ‘Delta Plus’ or not.
After the arrival of the report on Sunday night, the health authority has asked ground staff to carry out searches and testing occupants from the region.
According to health officials, the woman has taken both covid vaccine doses.
He did not show symptoms and was allowed to house isolation.
The health authority claims that vaccines may have helped recover it quickly and stop further complications because of infection.
The proportion of infected people despite being fully vaccinated in Kolhapur Regency.
Recently, the Minister of Health asked the authorities to prepare the person’s database.
He said that the proportion of covid patients was 2% to 4%.
The authorities have devoted the presence of the ‘Delta Plus’ variant in Kolhapur Regency, which remained at the top among the district for several weeks with the highest partnership despite the highest vaccination coverage.
First detected delta-plus patients in kolhapur recovered
