Fully vaccinated woman tests positive for Delta Plus in Rajasthan, recovers

The 65-year-old woman’s sample was sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, on May 30 for genome sequencing and her diagnostic test report was received in Bikaner on Friday.

A fully vaccinated 65-year-old woman in Rajasthan's Bikaner district has tested positive for the Delta Plus variant of SARS-CoV-2, making it the first case of the mutant virus infection in the State. The woman, who had received both the doses of Covaxin, has since recovered from the disease. Her sample was sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, on May 30 for genome sequencing and her diagnostic test report was received in Bikaner on Friday. Bikaner Chief Medical & Health Officer O.P. Chahar said it was the first confirmed case of Delta Plus in Rajasthan, though the woman was asymptomatic and had recovered completely. The Sardar Patel Medical College in Bikaner had sent 10 random samples of COVID-19 patients, including that of the sexagenarian woman, to the NIV for genome sequencing. The woman and her three family members, who were earlier diagnosed with COVID-19, had recovered at home without any institutional treatment.