24 ships, 553 crew members scanned at Kutch ports

Rajkot: A total of 553 crew members of 24 ships anchored at Kandla and Mundra ports in Kutch district have been scanned for coronavirus so far.
According to the officials of Kutch district administration, these ships had arrived from China, Singapore and Iran.
Meanwhile, a man showing symptoms of the suspected COVID-19 has been admitted to isolation ward of GK General Hospital in Bhuj. “The man complained of chronic cough, respiratory complications and high fever after he returned from Dubai where he had gone for a holiday,” said an official from the GK General Hospital.
There was also the case of a man who had returned to Kutch from Uganda. “He, too, has been admitted to GK General Hospital with symptoms of the suspected COVID-19,” said an official from the health department of the Kutch district administration.