HYDERABAD: Distressed over her husband’s deteriorating health after he tested positive for Covid-19, a 54-year-old woman took her own life in
Bellampalli town in Mancherial district on Tuesday night.
The woman was also infected with coronavirus. Bellampalli police said she hanged herself in her house.
The woman was in home isolation. Her husband tested positive on April 5 and was kept in isolation in Bellampalli. When his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to a hospital in Hyderabad. “She was depressed over her husband’s condition following which she resorted to the extreme step,” police said. Her husband is a retired worker of Singareni Collieries. The family had recently gone to Luxettipet to attend a wedding. After their return, they tested positive.