Bengaluru reports first case of Covid-19 reinfection
Bengaluru: In possibly the first case of Covid-19 reinfection in Bengaluru, a 27-year-old woman who recovered from the infection has contracted the virus again, in the span of a month, a private hospital said, reports The Indian Express on Sunday.
The case has been confirmed at Fortis Hospital in Bannerghatta Road. Doctors at the hospital confirmed the patient to be the “first case of Covid-19 reinfection” in the Karnataka capital.
According to the team of experts in the Department of Infectious Diseases in the hospital, the woman, who had no comorbidities, tested positive for Covid-19 for the first time in July. She had developed mild symptoms of fever and cough. The patient had, however, “recovered well” and was “discharged successfully” after testing negative for the viral infection, the team clarified.
Dr Pratik Patil, consultant, Infectious Diseases, at the hospital said the patient was discharged on July 24. “However, nearly after a month, in the last week of August, she developed mild symptoms again and has tested positive again,” he said. “This is possibly the first reported case of Covid-19 reinfection in Bengaluru,” Dr Patil stated.
The confirmation of a relapse case in Bengaluru comes at a time when the city has 41,479 active cases (as on September 6), which amounts to over 40 per cent of the active cases across 30 districts of the state.
Meanwhile, Karnataka has witnessed a cumulative 3.89 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first case was reported in Bengaluru on March 8. To date, as per statistics issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services, 6298 people have succumbed to the infection. 2125 of these have been confirmed in Bengaluru alone.
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Justice Swarana K Sharma starts contempt case against Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia over excise posts
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi High Court judge Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Thursday initiated criminal contempt proceedings against AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Durgesh Pathak, Sanjay Singh, Saurabh Bhardwaj and others over their "vilifying" social media posts against her in relation to the excise policy case.
Justice Sharma said the former Delhi chief minister "orchestrated a calculated campaign" of vilification against her on social media instead of pursuing his legal remedies and clarified that the CBI's petition against the discharge of all accused persons would now be taken up by another bench.
The judge took exception to several social media posts by the proposed contemnors that attributed "political allegiance" to her and allegedly targeted her by posting a misleading "edited" video of a speech given by her at an educational institution in Varanasi.
"Arvind Kejriwal sought to destroy my reputation instead of availing legal remedies after I refused to recuse and a deliberate attempt to lower the court's authority can't be permitted in guise of free speech," Justice Sharma said.
She clarified that she was not recusing herself but was only transferring the case to another bench as she has initiated the contempt proceedings.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for CBI, thanked Justice Sharma for upholding the institution's dignity.
