Four-time vaccinated woman tests positive for COVID in Madhya Pradesh

The woman arrived from Dubai 12 days ago.

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Indore: A 30-year-old woman, who had been vaccinated four times against COVID-19 tested positive for coronavirus, at the Indore airport following which she was prevented from boarding a Dubai-bound flight, officials said on Wednesday.

"A woman of around 30 years of age, who has been already vaccinated four times in different countries, tested COVID19 positive at the airport and was admitted to a hospital. She was asymptomatic and tested negative a day before," said Dr Bhure Singh Setia, Indore Chief Medical and Health Officer (CHMO).

The woman had arrived in Indore 12 days ago and while returning to Dubai, she was found infected with COVID-19 at the airport.

As per the standard practice, rapid RT-PCR tests are conducted following which she was stopped from boarding the flight and was sent to the hospital for treatment.

Setia further said that the woman had taken four doses of the vaccine between January and August.