AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, April 15 (TIWN): In a major success in combating COVID19, Chief Minister Biplab Deb led Tripura Govt, Health Dept’s dedicated work resulted in Tripura’s first COVID19 patient’s full recovery and discharge from GB Hospital today. The first patient of COVID19 from Udaipur, a 45 years old woman was discharged from GB Hospital allowing to go to institutional quarantine. Health Dept led by Secretary Debasish Basu and GB hospital superintendent, doctors and other health officials have congratulated her by clapping while she was leaving the hospital. After her discharge, Chief Minister Biplab Deb tweeted, “Glad to share that first #COVID19 positive patient of Tripura has been discharged today, as she has recovered and found negative in consecutive tests. She has been sent for institutional quarantine for 14 days under medical supervision at Udaipur. I Pray to Mata Tripurasundari so that State turns Corona free soon”.

Total 2 persons were tested positive in COVID19, whereas the other person always was asymptomatic and stable. Both the patients shared same travel history via Tripura Sundari train landed on 19th March. 

She travelled to Guwahati and returned state via Tripura Sundari train. Udaipur woman tested positive first on April 6 and was admitted in GB hospital and with same travel history all were put in quarantine. So far except these two persons, all are negative. 

She will be now in institutional quarantine for timebeing. 

CM Biplab Deb has announced these points over COVID19 today evening

1. Two persons have been tested COVID-19 positive till date—the first patient (woman) has already been cured and discharged from the hospital today. She will be in institutional quarantine for next 14 days at Gomati district under observation of a Medical Team.
2. The health condition of the second patient (TSR jawan) is also stable. As per medical reports, viral load in his sample has reduced significantly. He is under proper care. If everything goes well, he will also be discharged within next few days.
3. Total 16 high-risk close contacts of the second patient have been tested negative.
4. Eight citizens of Tripura have been tested COVID19 positive in other states. Among them, two positive patients, who are in Rajasthan, have recovered and now under observation. The health condition of the six others is also stable.
5. COVID-19 Testing Capacity in the designated lab in Tripura has been scaled up and it will increase further in next one week.
6. Total 600 persons are under now surveillance across Tripura-- 145 people in Institutional Quarantine and 455 persons in Home Quarantine. Total 738 samples have been tested including the two positive cases till today. As many as 10,155 persons have completed the observation period of 14 days so far.

Health Dept of Tripura has done a commendable job amid limited infrastructure and in time all transportations were brought under control by Govt of Tripura.

Udaipur woman tested positive first on April 6 and was admitted in GB hospital and with same travel history all were put in quarantine. So far except these two persons, all are negative. Health Dept of Tripura has done a commendable job amid limited infrastructure and in time all transportations were brought under control by Govt of Tripura.

Health Dept has taken up various other tasks as Tripura Health Dept is conducting a random checking of samples of 10% of the population within 1 km of the infected COVID19 Patients last residence.

Since COVID19 case was detected in Udaipur, Udaipur town was brought under strict observations. With the first COVID Positive patient was detected, emergency alerts had been given across the Udaipur subdivision, where the patient stayed in home since return from Guwahati on 19th March via Tripura Sundari train. This is the first positive case found inside Tripura, had generated tension across state.

COVID19 Second patient is also Stable and Healthy.

The COVID19 positive 32 years old TSR Jawan from Madhya Pradesh most likely visited his home and was returning via Tripura Sundari train, which landed in Tripura on 19th March, 2020, suspected as the main carrier of the virus. Since he landed in Dharmanagar Railway Station he was in TSR cam but as soon as the first COVID19 Patient was admitted and Health started screening of all patients, with others, the person was in quarantine.

The train which travelled from Guwahati on 19th March, 2020 had tested the first corona-virus patient on April 6 and today after 4 days another patient was found who travelled via same train.

Right now, Tripura’s NTH-2 Block of AGMC and GBP Hospital, Agartala is being notified as dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH).