pune barely two hours after he arrived in pune from seattle the 21yearold student walked into naidu hospital for a check for covid19his first test failed but the second test was positive and the student told toi on monday he had come from a place where covid19 was widespread so it made sense to get testedon monday he said was recovering well and prepared to spend the quarantine period at the hospital with loads of books and his laptop i came here wellprepared and have books for company i am able to watch shows to spend my time besides my friends are connected through whatsapp he saidhe said after the outbreak in seattle when he departed around march 9 he had a notion that he could have caught the infection his graduation is three months away so he had time off till then and decided to come backcoronavirus outbreak live updateshe said i landed in mumbai on march 10 and met the parents of my friends and left in a cab for pune i reached home by 630am and spent some time with my parents i had a sore throat and had a bit of a coughhis mother called a cousin who was a doctor who suggested he get himself tested at naidu hospital i told them about my travel history and they immediately tested me and put me into a quarantine facility the first test was clear but two to three days later another test report was positive the student saiddoctors at the hospital said the 21yearold had shown maturity to selfreport and get tested i have parents at home who are in their late50s and considering the public at large i decided to selfreporthe said doctors were on regular rounds and although they served food he preferred home food which he got