Goa minister announces state’s 1st coronavirus case, then calls it a hoax

Goa minister announces state’s 1st coronavirus case, then calls it a hoax

Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Wednesday confirmed Goa's first confirmed case of COVID-19, the Minister flip-flopped saying that his ministry was the victim of a mischievous hoax.

"It was hoax news. People should not be doing this. Calling the hospital and saying the call is from a notified lab (is wrong). The final report is not yet come. We are waiting for the report,"

"We are trying to trace the number, of the person who tried to create panic in Goa," Rane also said.

Mr Rane had told reporters that a Norwegian national, with a history of travel to Delhi, Agra, Assam and Meghalaya was the first confirmed coronavirus case reported in Goa.

Mr Rane had said, that the Norwegian national, who has been suffering from fever and cough, was in the process of being shifted to the isolation ward at the Goa Medical College.