COVID -19: Khanyar woman tests negative at SKIMS

Srinagar, Mar 30:  A woman from Khanyar area of Srinagar, who was first positive case of Coronavirus with a travel history of Saudi Arabia has tested negative for Coronavirus.

Dr G H Yatoo Nodal officer for Coronavirus at SKIMS told KNO that the samples of 67- year -old lady who had tested positive on 18th of this month were again taken and sent to viral Diagnostic and Research Lab, where sample results came as negative.

He said she is still at Institute and will be kept in quarantine for a period of 14 days after that it will be decided whether to discharge her.

She is fine and the anti- viral drugs recommend by World Health Organization has helped her to recover and is undergoing treatment at isolation ward, he added.

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