Third positive COVID case emerges in contact tracing - Cayman Islands Headline News - Cayman News Service

(CNS): A third person has tested positive for COVID-19 during the contact tracing linked to the woman who was hospitalised on Wednesday, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee. This person was not vaccinated but had no symptoms. The other 49 or so people who have been tracked so far after contact with these two community cases, the first in over a year, tested negative. These positive cases have been confirmed as the Delta variant.

But exactly how these three people were infected remains a mystery. Dr Lee explained that it is difficult to find the source since the person who infected them may no longer have the virus, and people don’t always remember and are not always truthful with officials about those they have met.

Speaking at Friday evening’s media briefing, the CMO said the new case has led to more contact tracing, which will continue over the weekend as the hunt for the source goes on.

Medical Officer of Health Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez explained that those who are being traced and tested have so far shown no travel history for more than a month, and he confirmed that public health officials are able to verify if people have travelled.

The patient who was the first of this group to test positive with the coronavirus remains in hospital in a stable condition, and while she has few COVID-19 symptoms, she is dealing with other medical issues.

Meanwhile, the health and tourism ministers both confirmed that the woman who managed to board a Cayman Airways...



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