An elderly woman, who had died in Jagdalpur, complaining of trouble in breathing and whose son was in home quarantine, tested negative for coronavirus, Bastar district collector Ayyaj Tamboli said on Friday.
“The rumours that a woman, who had died on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, was suffering from coronavirus, are baseless. We have got her swab samples tested, which turned out negative,” collector Tamboli said.
He further said that her son had been to Ajmer and had returned via Delhi. So, he and his family members were kept in home isolation, but their swab samples also turned out coronavirus negative.
Meanwhile, before getting the report as a caution, the neighbourhood where the deceased woman lived, was sealed for sometimes, the collector said.
Similarly, a boy, who had died in the Kaknar region, had a travel history of visiting Hyderabad. So, his swab samples were also sent for Covid-19 test and that too tested negative, he said.
According to the collector, 24 swab samples of suspected people were sent for testing that included the family members of the deceased woman, but all the samples tested negative.