Udupi: 75-year old man admitted to hospital for suspected Corona Virus, tests negative
Udupi: The 75-year old man who was admitted to Udupi District Hospital over suspected Corona Virus infection has tested negative in the tests. The reports from Bengaluru Medical College’s laboratory where the samples of the person were sent, confirmed that the aged person was not infected with Corona Virus.
The report was submitted to the District Administration by the laboratory that confirmed that the person was not infected by the viral Corona Virus.
The person was admitted to the isolation ward at the Udupi District Hospital after he arrived from Israel and had symptoms of Corona Virus including breathing problems, cold and cough. His wife who also had arrived from Israel with him, however had no such symptoms of sickness.
On receiving the reports, the District Health Department had visited the house of the patient and had shifted him to isolation ward at the District Hospital in an ambulance.
So far three people have been shifted to Udupi District Hospital after symptoms of Corona Virus were detected in them but all the three patients tested negative for the virus and have all been discharged from the hospital. The three patients also included a four-year old baby girl who arrived home from China on February 5.
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Fake call centre duping foreigners busted in Thane; five detained
Thane (PTI): The Thane police have unearthed a bogus call centre that allegedly cheated foreign nationals, particularly US citizens, under the pretext of selling software, an official said on Wednesday.
Five persons, including the call centre owner, were detained after a raid at the premises in the Ambernath area of Maharashtra's Thane district late Tuesday night, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Ambernath division) Shailesh Kale told PTI.
The bogus facility was operating from a business centre and functioned under the garb of providing software services, the official said.
"The call centre staff targeted foreign nationals, especially Americans. They contacted them on the phone, lured them with offers of software services and extracted money from them in different forms," Kale said.
The police received a tip-off about the illegal operations and raided the premises. The search operation continued till Wednesday morning, he said.
The employees used to make hundreds of calls to foreign nationals daily and would eventually succeed in duping a few of them, Senior Police Inspector Shabbir Sayyed said.
"They collected advance payments from the victims and blocked them after receiving the money," he said, explaining the modus operandi.
The employees were provided with a specific script for conversations to gain the victims' confidence and persuade them to transfer funds, he added.
The police have seized electronic gadgets and other accessories used in the alleged racket from the premises.
A case has been registered against five persons under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Information Technology Act and the Indian Telegraph Act, Kale said.
The police were verifying the victims' credentials and nationality.
