Dergaon/Mangaldai/Guwahati, May 27 - Bonti Saikia, a cancer patient from Mahmaiki Gaon in Bokakhat, who was infected by the COVID-19 and was believed to have been cured, tested positive for the virus again while on quarantine at Bokakhat.
She had returned from Delhi on May 22. She was admitted at JMCH on Wednesday. But her companion Kankan Bora has tested negative.
Saikia who along with her husband Ajit Saikia (60) and neighbour Kankan had gone to the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi for her treatment in the second half of March. In Delhi, the trio got infected by COVID-19 virus and Ajit Saikia died at a hospital on May 7.
Dibyajyoti Dutta, general secretary of Assam Association, had to receive Saikia�s body from the hospital on May 19. Bonti Saikia and her neighbour were on quarantine at a Delhi hotel.
In Guwahati today, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Saikia�s test results may be �false positive�.
�Sometimes it also happens that traces of the virus remain and towards the fag end there is a tussle between the anti-body and the virus, leading to contradictory test results at the later stages. ICMR will study the case,� Sarma added.
Meanwhile, one Aminul Islam of Dalgaon, who had returned from Mumbai and was advised home quarantine after a day�s stay at Sarusajai quarantine facility, has tested positive for the virus.
Aminul was in home quarantine since May 23 last after a night�s stay in Sarusajai Quarantine centre in Guwahati. He was reportedly allowed to leave Sarusajai with the advice for home quarantine after collection of swab sample.
He has been admitted to Mangaldai Civil Hospital, while eight other persons, including his family members have been kept in isolation. An area of around four hundred metre radius surrounding the Aminul�s residence has been declared as containment zone by the administration.
