Punjab: Police steps in to get man suspected of having coronavirus admitted to hospital

district authorities in Punjab's Faridkot h to seek help of local police to make a 38-year-old man with coronavirus like symptoms get mitted to isolation ward of a government hospital, officials said on Tuesday.

man h returned from Cana via China and got himself checked at Kotkapura civil hospital at Faridkot on Monday.

reafter, he was vised to get himself mitted to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot as per guidelines issued by Union government, y said.

However, man refused to get mitted to isolation ward and inste left for home, said Faridkot Civil surgeon Rajinder Kumar.

When matter was brought to tice of higher authorities, district ministration asked Faridkot Senior Superintendent of Police to take necessary action in assisting medical officers of health department to keep patient isolated.

Faridkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (Kotkapura) Balkar Singh said patient got himself mitted to government hospital after being counselled.

samples of patient have been sent to National Institute of Virology, Pune, official furr said.

coronavirus is a large family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from common cold to acute respiratory syndromes, but virus that has killed people in China is a vel strain and t seen before.

virus - which first emerged in Wuhan city in China's central Hubei province - has spre to 25 countries, including India (three confirmed cases have been reported from Kerala), US and UK. PTI CHS SUN RHL