2nd positive case recorded in TS

Telangana on Saturday registered its second Covid-19 case with authorities confirming that a 24year-old woman from Aswaraopet in Bhadadri Kothagudem district has got it. She recently returned from Italy.

At the same time another individual, a 27-yearold male, who too returned recently from Italy and was living in Mancherial since his arrival, was sent to Gandhi Hospital because of Covid-19 symptoms.

They were pursuing an MS in Computer Sciences in Italy. The woman, officials said, returned from Italy on March 7 and went home but developed fever two days later. She was admitted by her family to a private hospital in Manuguru; then taken to the area Government hospital at Bhadrachalam, from where she returned home. She and her family were counselled by the local Bhadrachalam district surveillance officer to get her admitted to Gandhi Hospital. She tested positive on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the man reached Mancherial on March 2 and went to the government hospital with complaints of fever, cough and cold. After an initial check-up he was directed to Gandhi Hospital.

Two additional individuals, one from Malaysia and another from the US, were on Saturday taken from the airport to Gandhi Hospital in a special ambulance. They are under observation and their results are awaited. A total of 18 persons are awaiting test results for Covid-19. Of these, samples of 14 were collected on Saturday. Four results are pending since Friday.