Saudi citizen bearing coronavirus symptoms escapes Nepal hospital

A Saudi national bearing symptom of coronavirus has reportedly fled from one of Nepal's hospital after doctors h vised him to be quarantined. While speaking to Nepal's local media outlet, a spokesperson at Ministry of Health and Population ackwledged that patient h gone missing nearly a week after doctors at Teku hospital vised foreign national to be mitted for observation. It was also revealed that Saudi national h flown into Nepal via China and it was after a week that symptoms of COVID-19 started showing. 

Mahendra Shrestha, spokesperson at Ministry of Health said, “He didn't want to be mitted, Saudi national who only speaks Farsi was here from China. He came to hospital after suffering from cold and was vised to be mitted at hospital. He denied to be mitted, re was a problem in communication because he only spoke Farsi. He is t able to be contacted and is t mitted at hospital. He was having fever and cold”. 

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Death toll reaches 1,355

outbreak which took place in Wuhan in January has w killed thousands of people. death toll for virus in China has also reportedly jumped to nearly 1,355 with ar 14,840 new confirmed cases as it revised method for counting infections. total number of confirmed cases across China are w more than 60,000. Hubei province, which is epicentre of viral outbreak, has also more than doubled to 242 deaths.

World Health Organisation has reportedly said that China's Coronavirus outbreak is a 'very grave threat for rest of world' and should also be viewed by or nations as 'public enemy number 1'. virus officially also named 'COVID-19' at conference in Geneva held by WHO, where body's chief furr said that countries h a chance of stopping its global spre. Earlier this month, WHO also declared Coronavirus as a 'global public health emergency'.

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(With ANI inputs)