Ex-Chhota Udepur civic body chief refused to give swab samples, booked

TNN | May 4, 2020, 04:10 IST

Vadodara: Former president of Chhota Udepur municipality was booked on Sunday for not allowing health officials take his swab samples for conducting the coronavirus test on Saturday.
During random screening on April 30 in the cluster quarantine area in Chhota Udepur town, the former office-bearer Aadam Surti’s body temperature turned out to be higher than normal.
Surti was asked to give his samples for laboratory test by a doctor from urban health centre, but he refused. Later members of contact tracing team and chief district health officer asked him to give his samples but he kept refusing. He was even told that the samples could be collected at his residence, but he kept dilly dallying and finally refused to give in.
After waiting for two days, an offence was registered against him under the Disaster Management Act and Epidemic Diseases Act on Saturday at Chhota Udepur police station. “His temperature was abnormal and he lived in the cluster quarantine area where seven persons were tested positive so there is a possibility that he may be a potential virus carrier and infect others around him,” said a health official.