One more +ve case in Candolim

Calangute: One more Covid-19 positive case was reported in Orda,

Candolim

after results came in on Monday of 36 persons who had given their their swabs were drawn last weekend. The remaining 35 persons have tested negative, said Dr Roshan Nazareth, medical officer of Candolim primary health centre (PHC).

A senior citizen from Orda had tested positive around 10 days ago, after which 22 of his close contacts were tested. The results of his wife, domestic help and her husband were positive. “Later, 36 more persons had been tested, and a person who had been in contact with the maid’s husband also tested positive. We have been home quarantining close contacts of the positive persons till their test results come,” Nazareth said, adding that they are closely monitoring the situation.

The area had been sealed last weekend after the detection Covid the positive cases. Although there have been isolated positive cases in the Calangute-Candolim area, most of them with travel history, there has been no community spread because of prompt measures, Nazareth said.