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Coronavirus outbreak: Kolkata woman with travel history to Scotland tested positive, third case in West Bengal

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: March 21, 2020 11:31 IST

A woman aged around 23 years was detected with coronavirus in West Bengal on Fridat, taking the total number ...

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A woman aged around 23 years was detected with coronavirus in West Bengal on Fridat, taking the total number of positive cases to three.The woman who returned from Scotland s now admitted in the ID hospital.According to Ajay Chakraborty, director of Health services in the state, she landed in Mumbai on Friday and later in the day, she took a domestic flight to Kolkata. From the airport she directly went to the hospital as she had symptoms. 

She tested positive close to midnight. “She didn’t hide anything and told the airport authorities about her travel history. She had symptoms and insisted that she needs to get admitted,” said Chakraborty.She is a resident of Habra in North 24 Parganas.Bengal’s first positive case is an 18-year-old resident of Kolkata who had returned from London. He tested positive on March 17. A 22-year-old man, a resident of south Kolkata who had also returned from London, became the second person to test positive on March 19.

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