Doctors in Rajasthan's Bharatpur are baffled after a 35-year-old woman tested positive for COVID-19 31 times in the past five months. Her results have been contradicting the novel Coronavirus' incubation cycle that is believe to end in 14 days, officials said. Each time, she tested corona positive she has left medical practitioners confused.
All her tests, including 17 RT-PCR and 14 rapid antigen tests, have come out positive, said the ashram officials where she has been staying. Her first test was conducted on September 4 and the last one on January 7.
The patient, Sarada Devi, has been residing in Bharatpur's Apna Ashram since August last year. Being a new entrant to the ashram, she was tested for Covid as per the regular protocol of the ashram where she came out positive.
"Since then, she has been staying in isolation and has been given all three types of treatment namely allopathic, Homeopathic and Ayurveda. However, despite all treatments, each time, her report comes positive.
"Surprisingly, despite having positive Covid report, she is healthy and has gained around 7-8 kilo," said Dr BM Bhardwaj, from Ashram, adding that she was too weak and fragile when she had come here and could not even stand on her own.
"Although her present condition satisfy us as she is healthy, however, her Covid-19 status is at another level and we are worried."
"We have called Bharatpur Health officials and Sawai Man Singh hospital, Jaipur, health officials too to take up her case and explain her reports," he added.
Ashram officials said when she was brought in it was said that her mental and physical health is not too good. Since then, she has been staying here, however, following all medical protocols. "She is still staying in isolation in ashram as we need to care for other people staying in ashram," said an official.
Bhardwaj said that the doctors who visited here have opined that low immunity in Sharda Devi may be the reason that her tests are continuously coming positive.
Kaptan Singh, CMHO Bharatpur told IANS that the patient is now completely healthy and does not show any ILI symptoms.
"As per the rule, those showing no symptoms for COVID-19 for the past 10 days should be treated as normal," he said adding that sometimes, the dead virus houses inside stomach and intestine which brings in positive report although the person at this time does not transmit the virus, he said adding that the patient has low immunity and that must be the reason she is showing positive report."
