Dibrugarh Doctor Infected with Alpha & Delta Variant of COVID-19

A doctor in the Dibrugarh district in Assam has been infected by both 'Alpha' and Delta variants of COVID-19. Speaking to media, experts of Dibrugarh's Lahowal based Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said that the lady doctor was fully vaccinated and she had tested positive a month after taking the second dose.

According to reports, the doctor has mild symptoms and did not require hospitalization. "This is perhaps the first such case in India. We are in the process of reporting and documenting the case," Deccan Herald quoted Biswajyoti Barkakoty of ICMR-RMRC as saying. According to physicians, the double infection could be due to the contraction of the virus from two persons infected with the two variants. Her husband was also infected with the 'alpha' variant of Covid-19.

As per reports, such a case was first reported in Britain in March last year and another in Brazil.

Assam on Monday reported 1,797 new cases of coronavirus out of 1,52,771 tests conducted.

The state also registered 2,138 discharges and 20 fatalities. The current active caseload of the state is 16,107.

Districts with the highest cases are: Kamrup (M) (237), Golaghat (230), Dibrugarh (115), and Jorhat (113).

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