Telangana gets its second Covid-19 case in patient who returned from Italy

Latest case comes on the heels of anoother patient who died on his way back to hometown Kalaburgi in Karnataka, and who visited many hospitals in Hyderabad without knowing the cause of his ill health

Telangana has reported a second coronavirus infected case with a person recently returned from Italy tested positive for Covid-19.

Making an announcement in the state legislative assembly about the new case along with the steps being taken to prevent the contagion, Chief minister K Chandrasekhara Rao said the government would bring in new measures after discussing the issue at a special cabinet meeting later today. The patient is being treated at an isolated ward in Gandhi Hospital.

The first patient who was tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month was said to have been discharged after recovering from the corona infection.

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