2nd case of coronavirus from Mizoram; 26-year-old woman tested positive in Mumbai

MIZORAM: A 26-year-old woman from Mizoram tested positive for coronavirus in Mumbai.

She has been admitted to a hospital in Mizoram where she is undergoing treatment, claim reports.

Mizoram has become the 5th Northeast State to get COVID-19 testing lab.

Mizoram Health and Family Welfare Department officials said that the Health Minister R. Lalthangliana announced that the newly installed COVID-19 testing laboratory has started functioning from Tuesday. And, the first ones to be tested were the 14-member team of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers looking after the COVID-19 patient recovering in the State.

Lalthangliana also said that from now onwards, swab samples of suspected coronavirus patient need not be sent to Silchar Medical College in neighbouring southern Assam for testing anymore.

“The new test Lab in Mizoram had already procured 1,000 testing kits from Dibrugarh Medical College (in Assam). With new positive cases being identified recently in neighbouring states of Assam and Tripura, the Mizoram government has also stepped up its vigil along the state’s borders,” the Minister said.

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