Mangaluru: A passenger hailing from Ullal in Mangaluru, who arrived at Mangaluru International Airport from Dubai and reportedly showed symptoms of linked to Corona Virus during screening at the airport was admitted to the isolation ward at District Wenlock Hospital on Sunday from where the passenger has reportedly escaped without informing authorities.

According to the reports, the person arrived from Dubai on Sunday and during his screening at the airport, he was found to have fever and also showed other symptoms linked to Corona Virus, prompting the health authorities to shift the patient to District Wenlock Hospital in the city immediately.

The patient however escaped from the hospital without informing the authorities on Monday morning. Sources in the health department added that the Police were looking for the patient and that he will be tracked and brought back to the hospital for adequate checkups and treatment.

The samples from the passenger was collected on Sunday evening and were sent for testing to Bengaluru Medical College and the reports were expected to arrive by Monday evening. The DHO of Dakshina Kannada District had revealed that if the reports are negative the person will be released after the regular treatment but the passenger managed to escape from the hospital post-midnight at around 1:00 am on Monday.

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Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.

Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.

Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.

Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.

MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.

Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).