A 76-year-old man who died in north Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district on Tuesday has tested positive for novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, Health Minister B Sriramulu said late Thursday night. The victim had returned to India on February 29 after a month-long stay in Saudi Arabia and had been screened on arrival at Hyderabad airport. He had displayed no symptoms at that time.
ಕಲಬುರ್ಗಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಧನರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಮದ್ ಹುಸೇನ್ ಸಿದ್ದಿಕಿ, #COVID19 ಶಂಕಿತರೇ ಹೊರತು ದೃಡಪಟ್ಟಿಲ್ಲ. ನಾಗರಿಕರ ಹಿತದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ, ಮೃತರ ಅಂತ್ಯಸಂಸ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಮುಂಜಾಗ್ರತಾ ಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಇಲಾಖೆಯು ಕೈಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದೇ ಅನಗತ್ಯ ಗೊಂದಲ, ಭಯ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸುವುದು ಬೇಡ #CovidUpdate
— B Sriramulu (@sriramulubjp) March 11, 2020
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On March 5 the man went to a private hospital in the district and was admitted the following day with fever and cough. He had other health issues as well, including asthma and hypertension. Three days later he was shifted to a hospital in Hyderabad, where his samples were sent for testing.
At this point, according to the government, the man’s family discharged him before test results and against medical advice. As per instructions of Kalaburgi Deputy Commissioner, health officers tried to persuade them to admit the patient to an isolation ward at the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences.
The family refused and transferred him to another hospital, from where he was treated and discharged. He died while being brought back to the hospital in Gulbarga.
The 76 year old man from Kalburgi who passed away & was a suspected #COVID19 patient has been Confirmed for #COVID19. The necessary contact tracing, isolation & other measures as per protocol are being carried out.
— B Sriramulu (@sriramulubjp) March 12, 2020
