Repeat RT-PCR Test Shows Vaccinated Rourkela Doctor Test Negative For COVID19

Days after a vaccinated doctor from Ispat General Hospital in Rourkela tested positive for COVID-19, a repeat test has altered the result. The 71-year old doctor S. Suleiman had already been vaccination with two doses of Covishield.

The repeat test was conducted at Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) in Bhubaneswar. His antibody test has also revealed high presence of antibody.

The RMRC will now re-test the original sample which was tested at Ispat General Hospital in Rourkela.

The report comes day after students of VSSUT Burla were wrongly diagnosed with COVID-19.

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