Over 8000 people underwent thermal screening for Coronavirus in Mangaluru: THO
Mangaluru: Naveen Chandra Kulal, Taluk Health Officer of Mangaluru and Dakshina Kannada District Surveillance Officer, on Wednesday informed Vartha Bharati that over 8000 people who arrived in the city over the last few days via Mangaluru International Airport and Sea Port were subjected to thermal screening in the wake of deadly outbreak of Coronavirus across the globe.
Naveen added that adequate arrangements at the airport and sea port were made immediately after the cases of Coronavirus infected individuals were reported in the neighboring state Kerala. He further added that the health department was hyper active and was monitoring the situation in the Taluk and District closely.
“Over 1200 people who have arrived in the city via sea port have been screened so far and over 7200 people went through the same thermal screening at the Mangaluru International Airport. People arriving in the city and leaving the city from these two points are being subjected to thermal screening” Naveen told Vartha Bharati.
He also informed that a couple of cruises are scheduled to arrive in the city in the coming weeks including one from Columbia and the health department would take all precautionary measures to check the passengers and crew members of the ship.
Naveen also called on people to take precautionary measures to avoid the infectious outbreak while also calling on social media users and media houses to refrain from baseless and unverified news, information about the spread of the diseases. He also added that social media reports suggested that over 8000 people in Mangaluru were “Tested” for coronavirus while in reality those were only routine thermal screening and not suspected cases.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
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).
