Man died due to pneumonia not of covid 19 says health minister Sri Ramulu.
Kalaburgi: A 76-year-old man, who was suspected to have died as a result of the deadly Covid-19 infection on Tuesday, March 10 midnight, at a private hospital in Hyderabad, is confirmed to have succumbed to pneumonia, not coronavirus.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, March 11, state health minister B Sreeramulu said that the old man, a resident of MSK Mill Layout, died due to fever and pneumonia and not Covid-19.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote in Kannada, “A person named Hussain Siddique, who died in Kalaburgi of a suspected #COVID19 infection, did not die from it, as it was not confirmed that he was affected by Covid 19.
ಈ ಹಿಂದೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿರುವಂತೆ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿಯವರೆಗೆ 4 #COVID19 ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳು ದಾಖಲಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಇವರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಧಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಇವರು ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳನ್ನು, ಶಿಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ಅನುಸಾರ ಸೋಂಕು ಮುಕ್ತಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ (1/5)
— B Sriramulu (@sriramulubjp) March 11, 2020