The latest test result of a 45year-old man, who returned from Muscat and tested positive for COVID-19, has returned negative, top officials of the Health Department said.
The patient, who is undergoing treatment at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH), was asymptomatic and fine, officials said.
Health Secretary Beela Rajesh said as per protocol, a patient can be discharged only if two samples test negative for COVID-19. In this case, another sample of the patient should test negative for the disease.
She said that barring one, all nasal and throat swabs and blood samples, numbering 73, have returned negative for COVID-19 in the State.
The Health Department had earlier quarantined two foreigners in a hotel and brought them under surveillance.
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