Suspected COVID-19: Five including woman, admitted to Udupi hospital
Udupi: Five suspected COVID-19 patients, including a woman, have been admitted to Udupi district hospital on Tuesday amid a rapid spread of Novel Coronavirus across the country.
“The five have been added to the isolation ward, which is opened in the district hospital for coronavirus suspects, and they are being treated" said Dr. Sudhir Chandrachud, District Health and Family Welfare Officer.
“Three out of five people admitted for suspected infection have returned from Dubai and they are suffering from fever and cough. Another has returned from Qatar and has been hospitalized over headaches and fever complaints. The woman, who returned from Kuwait, has been admitted to test for coronavirus as she is suffering from cough and throat pain”, he said.
Their throat swabs have been sent to Shivamogga laboratory. The report is expected tomorrow, he said. Three of the five patients who were examined today are from Kundapur Taluk and two are from Kapu Taluk.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
