A short-lived joy for Bhojpur dist

ARA: A migrant returnee was declared positive on Saturday soon after the Bhojpur district administration issued a press statement that all the 18 Covid-19 patients had recovered from the infection as their 2nd test report also came negative. Out of 18 patients, 10 had already been discharged and the remaining 8 were also discharged from the isolation centre situated at Dhanupra locality of Ara.
However, an 18-year-old from Charpokhari in the district tested positive on Sunday.
Bhojpur civil surgeon Dr L P Jha and other health workers presented some bags containing sanitiser, masks and medicines to the recovered persons at the time of their discharge. As the people heaved a sigh of relief on the 100% recovery of the Covid-19 patients in the district, a 40-year-old migrant worker of Agiyaon block area, who had returned from Surat on May 3, tested positive. He had been quarantined in a government school at Agiyaon. He was shifted to the isolation centre of Ara late Saturday evening.
A 25-year-old man of Barhara block was the first Covid-19 positive case in Bhojpur district on April 19.