Ten new Covid cases reported in Tripura, Health advisory to issued

Agartala: Ten new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Tripura in the last few days, a state health department official said on Tuesday.

Speaking to Media, state disease surveillance officer Antara Banik said, “So far we have ten active cases of Covid-19. Five cases have been detected in Unakoti district, four in West Tripura district and one in North Tripura. The case comes in. Only one patient out of ten cases has a travel history to Maharashtra.
He also said that the state government has already decided to speed up testing at the entry points of the state and requested people to resort to proper Covid-19 behavior.

“The new strain that is spreading very fast in India may reduce the number of deaths but it spreads very quickly and so to break the chain of infection, proper Covid-19 behavior is the only option. Wearing masks and social distancing. should be maintained again,” he said, adding that a detailed guideline on the matter would be issued soon.
The first five cases of this wave have been reported from the Unakoti district of Tripura.
Sankha Subhra Debnath, district surveillance officer of the district, said, “Two persons tested positive at Pecharthal Hospital. They were admitted to the hospital with severe cough and cold. After testing, it was found that they were infected with the infectious disease on April 15. Accordingly, their contacts were traced and when tested, three members of the same family were found to be affected.RTPCR samples of all patients were collected and sent to Agartala Government Medical College for whole genome sequencing. have been sent to find out what kind of infection they have.