The National Institute of Virology (NIV) confirmed on Saturday that a woman in Pune has tested positive for the Sars-Cov-2 virus in what could be India’s first case of community transmission of the Covid-19 disease.
The woman, who is in her early forties, is critical and on ventilator in an ICU at Bharati Hospital in Pune, said a city official.
The woman does not have travel history to a foreign country, but travelled to Vashi in Navi Mumbai for a wedding on March 3, he said.
“We are investigating the case. Although she tested positive for Covid-19, she does not have a history of travel abroad. She must have come in contact with someone who had foreign travel history,” said district collector Naval Kishore Ram.
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