3 Covid-19 patients of Mizoram recovered in Mumbai

Aizawl, Apr 29 () A total of three Covid-19patients, out of the eight linked to Mumbai's Mizoram House,have recovered and discharged from hospitals, Mizoram HealthMinister Dr R Lalthangliana said on Wednesday.

He said seven people from Mizoram and a local employeeof the Mizoram House had tested positive for Covid-19 earlier.

They included three who had gone to the westernmetropolis for treatment of cancer and two attendants.

A 22-year-old woman, who tested positive on April 13,has been discharged from Mumbai's St George Hospital on April22 while two others patients were released from the SevenHills Hospital and the Nair Hospital on Tuesday, the ministersaid.

Lalthangliana said the recovered patients were putunder quarantine at designated facilities.

He added that the remaining five patients are out ofdanger.

There is only one Covid-19 patient in Mizoram - a 50-year-old pastor, who had travel history to Amsterdam. He isundergoing treatment at the Zoram Medical College in thestate.

According to officials of the state health department,the patient is stable and his samples were tested after every24 hours. CORNN NN