After Patients In Delhi Relapsed, ICMR Says No Proof COVID Relapse, Reinfection Among Recovered
However, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) surveillance and clinical group told TOI that there has been no evidence so far of repart COVID-19 infection or relapses in recovered patients.
A few days ago, some hospitals in the national capital said they are seeing recovered coronavirus patients returning to them with recurrence of the infection.
Earlier this month, the Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital saw two instances of patients with relapse of coronavirus, almost one-and-a-half months after they were cured of the infection. In both the instances of relapse, the patients had moderate symptoms.
However, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) surveillance and clinical group told TOI that there has been no evidence so far of repeat COVID-19 infection or relapses in recovered patients.
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The members were asked about possible relapses after some members of COVID-19 task forces in states said there may have been cases of infection emerging again in recovered patients.
On Tuesday, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said he had heard incidents of recovered patients complaining of breathlessness and other problems.
However, the recovered patients in Delhi show a different picture.
Dr Chandragouda Dodagoudar, director of medical oncology at Aakash Healthcare in Dwarka, shared the case of a 65-year-old patient who had stage 2 lymphoma. The patient first visited the health facility in March and was advised chemotherapy but was very apprehensive due to the coronavirus disease.
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¡°The patient delayed the treatment for two and a half months and took alternative medicines and when that medication did not work and she started having pain, she visited the hospital. She had contracted COVID-19 by then and the lymphoma had progressed from Stage 2 to Stage 4. We could not administer chemotherapy while she was undergoing COVID treatment,¡± he told news agency PTI.
The doctor said after the patient recovered from coronavirus, she was administered a slight dose of chemotherapy and became better and was discharged. But after a month, she had a relapse of COVID and ended up in a critical condition and succumbed last month.
Sherwal said patients with weak immunity are likely to get reinfection.
