The first COVID-19 patient of Manipur has been discharged from the hospital.
He was undergoing treatment at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS).
JNIMS director professor Thongam Bhim said the infected woman is completely infection free after treatment.
Therefore, she has been discharged from the hospital.
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A 23-year-old woman living in Thangmiband Lorang Pure Likai area, under Imphal West district, came to India from Britain.
After reaching Imphal, on March 23 last, she went to the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences for a medical test.
A test report of her mucus and blood samples revealed that she was infected with the coronavirus.
She was admitted to a separate ward of JNIMS and was undergoing treatment there.
Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh said on April 9 that the State Government had decided to provide Rs 35 lakh to the medical team and officials of JNIMS, who had treated the state’s first coronavirus patient.
