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A Suspected Corona Positive Man Died In Karnataka

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   12 March 2020 11:08 AM GMT
A Suspected Corona Positive Man Died In Karnataka
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Creating more concerns on the novel coronavirus a 76-year-old man who isrn expected to develop COVID-19 hailing from Kerala has died. If the rnreports turn out to be positive, this case marks the first-ever death inrn the country with the virus.

Going into details, 76-year-old rnMohammed Hussain Siddiq was going through medication in Kalaburagi of rnKarnataka with showing the positive symptoms of breathlessness, cold andrn cough after returning to India from Saudi Arabia.

"His sample rnfor Covid -19 has been collected and sent for testing. The media is rnrequested to help the government in creating awareness and not creating rnpanic," a senior official at the Karnataka health department said.

Hern was admitted to a private hospital in Kalaburagi are which is located rnaround 575 km away from Bengaluru and kept in isolation until he was rnpermitted to leave to Hyderabad along with his family for treatment rnpurposes.

However, he died while he was returning to Kalaburagi the next day around 11:30 pm on Tuesday, the officials said.

Somern of the senior Health officials stated that people can be kept in rnisolation wards for suspecting reasons other than COVID-19. Reportedly rnthe patient also had pneumonia, hypertension, and asthma and was being rntreated as a suspect.