karnal preliminary test of a panipat resident who returned from the united kingdom last week has tested positive for novel coronavirusconfirming the news panipats deputy chief medical officer dr shashi garg said the 21year old man returned to india on march 15 and showed symptoms of the virus on march 18 he was admitted to isolation ward at panipat civil hospital and his samples were sent to government medical college khanpur kalan the same day he tested positive in the preliminary test now his sample has been sent to punes national institute of virology for confirmationhis family members too have been kept in isolation at their residence and their samples will soon be sent for testinganother suspected patient with travel history to doha has been put under isolation and his samples have been sent for testing but the final report is awaited