A 71-year-old Assistant Surgeon at the Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH), who had tested positive for Covid-19 17 days after receiving the second dose of vaccine, tested negative for the virus in an RT-PCR test conducted at the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.Official sources said, “His repeat RT-PCR test at the RMRC came negative for Covid. His antibody test at the RMRC showed very high antibody presence.
The RMRC is now re-testing the original sample which came positive for the virus at the Ispat General Hospital (IGH),” sources said. The contractual doctor wasadministered first dose of Covishield on January 16 and the second dose on February 15.However, he developed Covid symptoms on March 1. He underwent RT-PCR test at IGH on March 4, which came out positive. He is currently under home isolation.