Two-year-old girl among 34 in family wins Covid-19 fight

PUNE: A two-year-old girl was among a Khadki Cantonment Board elected representative’s 34 family members discharged from a private hospital on Sunday after recovering from the Covid-19 infection.
All have now been placed under home quarantine in Sapras. The family members had tested positive for the virus on June 14 and 15.

“Initially, we were worried about the youngest member of our family as she is only two years old.Her condition, right from admission, was better and it improved as the days passed. Now, she is doing fine at home,” the elected member told TOI.
“Only one of my uncles, aged 74 years, is under treatment, but his condition is stable and he is likely to be discharged in the next two days,” he added.
The Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) has so far recorded 169 cases. Of them, 103 patients have been discharged after treatment, six have succumbed to the contagion, while 60 are active cases.
The elected representative said, “My other uncle had high temperature and faced breathing trouble. He initiallly consulted our family doctor and took medicines. But in the following three days, his condition deteriorated and his sample was collected by a team of cantonment doctors.”
“When he tested positive, they collected throat samples of all our immediate and extended family members. By June 16, 35 members of my family and relatives, including 22 who turned out to be asymptomatic, tested positive for the virus. We all got admitted in a private hospital as we did not want to take any chance,” he added.
He said, “All of us stay in the same building. We share a common gallery where we sit, talk and spend time together in the evening. This is how, we feel, the virus may have infected so many of our family members. We all were scared but as days passed, we gained confidence.”
He added, “We were in contact with each other and received information about each other’s health daily. This, too, helped us to develop a positive attitude. It was a big challenge for the entire family and we have fought it together successfully.”
The KCB has shut meat shops in Kasai Mohlla and on Hule Road, which were recently declared micro-containment zones. “Our staffers are visiting markets and acting against violators,” KCB chief executve officer Pramod Kumar Singh said.