4 kept in isolation ward in Amritsar

WHILE THREE PERSONS RETURNED FROM

ITALY, THE FOURTH

HAD GONE TO DUBAI

AMRITSAR: Three persons who returned from Italy and one from Dubai have been admitted to the isolation ward of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar.

“A Punjab resident, along with his family, returned from Italy on Wednesday and he was fine when he reached the Delhi airport. He was diagnosed with fever when he took another flight and reached Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar during screening by the health department. As a precautionary measure, he and his two family members have been kept in the isolation ward at the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital,” said civil surgeon Dr Prabhdeep Kaur Johal.

“In another incident, a man who returned from Dubai at Amritsar airport, complained of fever and throat infection. He too has been kept in the isolation ward,” said Dr Johal, adding that the samples of four suspected cases have been taken and will be sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. has been kept under observation by the health department after showing novel coronavirus-like symptoms, an official said on Wednesday.

The man complained of symptoms akin to those seen in coronavirus patients on Wednesday morning.

But after couple of tests, he refused to get admitted in the isolation ward of the Moga civil hospital and left without giving blood samples, but later agreed to be under observation. The samples have also been sent to lab in Pune.

“The patient complained of respiratory discomfort. Initially, he refused to get himself admitted in the isolation ward, but now he has agreed to stay under observation at the ward. Some heath department officials from patient’s village brought him back to the hospital. Initial tests show he has symptoms of pneumonia and tuberculosis, but we have sent his blood samples to Pune lab as these symptoms are similar to that of coronavirus,” said health inspector Mohinderpal Lumba.