A 29-year-old man from rural Jamnagar has been admitted to the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital (G G hospital).

The patient's blood samples have been sent to the Ahmedabad B J Medical college laboratory for testing, said Manoj Aggarwal, Additional Chief Secretary in the health department.

The patient was admitted on the afternoon of August 4 with skin rashes, and swollen lymph nodes on the body, said Dr Dipak Tiwari, Superintendent at the G G hospital. As the case is from a rural area, the district health department will be carrying out tracing and tracking of the patient's travel history and the people he came in contact with.