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A nurse working in the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences District Hospital's (BIMS) Covid-19 ward tested positive for the virus on Friday.
District Surveillance Officer Dr B N Tukkar told DH that after the female nurse showed symptoms of Covid-19, her swab sample had been sent for test and the report received has confirmed that she was positive.
The nurse was on duty when she began showing symptoms of Covid-19 and has been admitted for treatment, he said.
This marks the district's first case of Covid-19 caregivers testing positive.
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