Karwar/Mandya: A 26-year-old woman in Bhatkal who is five-month pregnant tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, taking the tally to nine in the coastal town in Uttara Kannada district.
However, her husband, who recently returned from Dubai, has tested negative. His throat swab sample has been collected once again and sent for another test.
The man landed at Mumbai airport on March 17 and stayed at the Maharashtra capital for four days before reaching Bhatkal by train. The administration had put a quarantine seal on his hand. Two days ago, his pregnant wife developed health problems and was shifted to a hospital. After spotting the quarantine seal on the man’s hand, doctors collected throat swab sample of the couple for testing.
All the positive cases in the district have been reported from Bhatkal. Deputy commissioner Harish Kumar K told TOI that all of them had travelled abroad.
Two Covid-19 patients admitted to the INHS Patanjali Hospital in Karwar were discharged on Tuesday. They have been shifted to a hotel and will be under observation. Currently, there are seven active patients in the district.
Fourth case in Mandya district
Mandya district recorded its fourth Covid-19 cases after a 35-year-old man from Malavalli tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. He was in primary contact with P 134 and P 138.
“Out of the eight people from Malavalli kept under isolation (in Mandya), four have tested positive for Covid-19. They didn’t inform us about their Delhi tour,” said district in-charge minister R Ashoka, who visited the town on Wednesday.
He said that Malavalli town will be under total lockdown for the next 28 days. “We will not allow anyone to move in or out,” he said. The minister said families in the containment zone in Malavalli will get foodgrain for free.
Meanwhile, people in the district have alleged that police failed to implement lockdown. Major markets in the city are crowded and people are not following social distancing norms.
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Minister warns pvt docs
In Chamarajanagar, health minister B Sreeramulu said private doctors who lock their clinics will lose their licence and fined. “We are ready to provide PPEs to all of them,” he said.
He said the Covid-19 task force headed by him will meet in Bengaluru on Thursday. “After that CM B S Yediyurappa will convene a cabinet meeting. In the meeting, a decision on the lockdown will be taken,” he said.
Sreeramulu denied any difference of opinion on Covid-19 management with medical education minister Dr K Sudhakar. The minister said the state government has decided to supply free milk to Soliga, Jenu Kuruba and Kadu Kuruba communities in Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Uttara Kannada districts.
However, her husband, who recently returned from Dubai, has tested negative. His throat swab sample has been collected once again and sent for another test.
The man landed at Mumbai airport on March 17 and stayed at the Maharashtra capital for four days before reaching Bhatkal by train. The administration had put a quarantine seal on his hand. Two days ago, his pregnant wife developed health problems and was shifted to a hospital. After spotting the quarantine seal on the man’s hand, doctors collected throat swab sample of the couple for testing.
All the positive cases in the district have been reported from Bhatkal. Deputy commissioner Harish Kumar K told TOI that all of them had travelled abroad.
Two Covid-19 patients admitted to the INHS Patanjali Hospital in Karwar were discharged on Tuesday. They have been shifted to a hotel and will be under observation. Currently, there are seven active patients in the district.
Fourth case in Mandya district
Mandya district recorded its fourth Covid-19 cases after a 35-year-old man from Malavalli tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. He was in primary contact with P 134 and P 138.
“Out of the eight people from Malavalli kept under isolation (in Mandya), four have tested positive for Covid-19. They didn’t inform us about their Delhi tour,” said district in-charge minister R Ashoka, who visited the town on Wednesday.
He said that Malavalli town will be under total lockdown for the next 28 days. “We will not allow anyone to move in or out,” he said. The minister said families in the containment zone in Malavalli will get foodgrain for free.
Meanwhile, people in the district have alleged that police failed to implement lockdown. Major markets in the city are crowded and people are not following social distancing norms.
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Minister warns pvt docs
In Chamarajanagar, health minister B Sreeramulu said private doctors who lock their clinics will lose their licence and fined. “We are ready to provide PPEs to all of them,” he said.
He said the Covid-19 task force headed by him will meet in Bengaluru on Thursday. “After that CM B S Yediyurappa will convene a cabinet meeting. In the meeting, a decision on the lockdown will be taken,” he said.
Sreeramulu denied any difference of opinion on Covid-19 management with medical education minister Dr K Sudhakar. The minister said the state government has decided to supply free milk to Soliga, Jenu Kuruba and Kadu Kuruba communities in Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Uttara Kannada districts.
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