Saudi-returned COVID suspect dies in Bengal hospital


Kolkata, March 8 (IANS): A suspected coronavirus patient, who returned from Saudi Arabia, died in a state-run Medical College in Murshidabad district on Sunday, an official said.

The youth fell sick while returning home by train on Saturday after flying to the NSCBI Airport here earlier in the day from Saudi Arabia, where he works as a cleaner.

On Sunday, his family members took him to the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital in Baahrampur where the doctors admitted him after a preliminary check-up.

His throat swab sample was collected, and he was kept at an isolation ward.

  

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  • Maria, Moodbidri

    Sun, Mar 08 2020

    RIP. God knows for how many people he transmitted the virus. Article doesnt say , if he was checked upon arrival at the airport. If like this happens , virus going to be out of control here in India.

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  • Anand, Bangalore

    Sun, Mar 08 2020

    The way India is handling COVID, I think it is already spread everywhere. There is no proper system to quarantine the. Patients. It look like administration not done any preparation.

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