Imphal: A fresh corona positive case was detected in Manipur on Thursday, 26-days after the northeastern state was declared COVID-19-free, officials said.
A Manipur Health and Family Welfare Department official said that a 31-years-old youth from Imphal East district, who recently returned from Mumbai with his cancer patient father, has tested positive on Thursday. "The patient is now undergoing treatment at the COVID-19 treatment block and isolation ward of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) in Imphal," the official said.
He said that in connection with the new patient, contact tracing and active surveillance in the containment zone would be done immediately.