62 years old man in Odisha, Deogarh has recently recovered from Delta plus Covid-19 variant opens up about how he recovered from the disease. He said he isolated himself during the period and followed all advice that doctors gave him.
In an interview with PTI, he said, “I experienced body ache and flu-like symptoms on April 23 and tested positive for the delta variant of the virus on April 26. I had taken the first dose of the Covishield vaccine on March 30,” He also added, “It took me around 20-25 days to defeat the virus. Thankfully, I didn’t have to visit the hospital,”
An official report stated that 81 people have registered fresh positive cases of the Delta Plus variant between April 10 and April 30. The sixty-two years old man so far the only one detected with the mutated Delta Plus variant, which has been identified as a ‘variant of concern’ by the Centre, he said, according to PTI.
The report further added After the man contracted the Delta Plus variant an epidemiology team was rushed to the village. “Only four of the 81 patients were hospitalised and the rest recovered at home. No death was reported from the village during this period,”
Doctors assumed that the first dose of Covishield might have helped the man put up a stronger fight against the Delta Plus variant.
The new variant of Covid-19 was identified on June 11. Recently, the variant has classified as a matter of concern by the centre. The government has said that 51 cases of Delta Plus have been detected across 12 states so far, with Maharashtra reporting the maximum cases of this variant.
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