Pvt hosp should admit COVID-19 suspects: Udupi DC

Team Udayavani, Mar 20, 2020, 12:02 PM IST

Udupi: District deputy commissioner (DC) G Jagadeesha has instructed all private hospitals in the district to arrange isolation wards with two beds and not to deny admission to people with COVID-19 symptoms.

He also stated that ten beds in the district hospital, five in taluk hospital and ten in Kasturba hospital at Manipal have been set aside for COVID-19 patients. Additionally, an isolation ward will be set up in the new library building with thirty beds.

The DC further stated details of COVID-19 related cases in the district. About 200 people have arrived in the district from abroad and all have been home quarantined. Anybody violating the quarantine will be arrested.

Thirteen people who were on the same flight in which a Kasargod resident who later turned out COVID-19 positive have also been home quarantined.

He also advised district residents not to visit government offices except for urgent work and not to go out for excursions, festivals, Yakshagna performances, marriages and fairs. Violators will be arrested, he added.