Tenka Yedapadavu resident who went missing in Tirupati found in Chennai
Mangaluru: A Tenka Yedapadavu resident who had gone missing in Tirupati while travelling in train five days ago, located in Chennai. The missing person was Subraya Karant (78), a resident of Shibrikere in Chennai.
He, along with his wife, had left for Srikakulam from Mangaluru Railway Station by Vivek express on July 14. But on July 15 afternoon Karant went missing from the train. The family members had given a complaint to railway police in this regard. A News regarding his missing was also published in www.english.varthabharati.in website.
Meanwhile, a social servant from Chennai Venkatesh made a phone call to the CH Medical’s owner CH Gafoor of Moodbidri on Thursday afternoon and said “a person from your place is found here. A medical slip from your shop has been recovered from him. I am calling based on that number, he said.
Gafoor took his photo through WhatsApp and circulated it among various WhatsApp groups. He got the information from someone that the photo of the Karant that was published in Varthabharati website, is getting matched with that photo.
Following this, Gafoor contacted the Subraya's son as per the news of the 'Varthabharathi' website. Later he informed Karanth’s son about he being found in Chennai. With this, Subraya Karanth and his family members, who were worried for the past few days, have breathed a sigh of relief.
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TN youth from UAE has tested negative for Mpox: Health Minister Subramanian
Chennai, Nov 2: A 27-year-old native of Thiruvarur district, who had arrived from Sharjah, has tested negative for monkey pox, Health Minister Ma Subramanian said here on Saturday.
Test results from both the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research here and the Pune-based National Institute of Virology have show negative for Mpox virus, the minister said.
Subramanian had earlier in the day told reporters that result was awaited for the sample that had been dispatched to the NIV while test result from King Institute ruled out monkey pox.
On October 31, upon his arrival at Tiruchirappalli airport from the UAE, during screening, the young man displayed fever symptoms and small skin lesions. Hence, he was taken to a government hospital.
Subramanian said the returnee had been frightened and hence left for his hometown of Valangaiman in Thiruvarur district. "This treatment is for his good and in order to prevent the spread of infection," the minister said.
Hence, he was brought back to the hospital by the authorities with police help and he has been receiving good treatment at the state-run facility. Further, Subramanian said that the test result from the government-run King Institute indicated Chickenpox and marked negative for presence of Mpox.
Screening at airports for passengers arriving from foreign countries is going on continuously in the state and international airports have dedicated isolated rooms.
Special wards are ready in government medical college hospitals, including those in Chennai and Tiruchirappalli, to provide treatment for Mpox, in case anyone tests positive for the infection, the minister added.
