3 test negative at SKIMS

Three patients admitted to SKIMS with symptoms of coronavirus have tested negative for the viral infection.

No patient in Kashmir has yet tested positive forcoronavirus. The three fresh samples, that had been taken from three newpatients admitted to SKIMS this week, have tested negative as well.

   

“We have tested the samples in our viral diagnostic andresearch lab and the samples do not show coronavirus presence,” Dr Farooq Jan,Medical Superintendent SKIMS, said.

SKIMS officials said the three continue to be treated inisolation ward of the institute. The patients had travelled to Korea, Malaysiaand Iran recently. No new patient has been admitted to SKIMS.

Meanwhile, doctors have urged people to avoid unnecessaryvisits to hospitals and other congested places.

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