Coronavirus: Saudi national suspected to be infected flees from hospital in Nepal

A Saudi national bearing symptoms of COVID-19 who landed in Nepal via China has fled from hospital after doctors vised him to be quarantined. A spokesperson at Ministry of Health and Population h ackwledged that a patient has fled nearly a week after doctors at Teku Hospital vised foreign national to be mitted for observation.

Whereabouts of Saudi national unkwn

Mahendra Shrestha, who is a spokesperson for Ministry of Health told reporters that Saudi national did want to be mitted into hospital. He also ded that Saudi national could only speak in Farsi that caused problems with smooth communications. authorities have t been able to contact him.

Saudi national showed signs of having a fever and cold. furr details about Saudi national was released by Ministry of Health or than fact that he h landed in Nepal via China a week ago. Nepal confirmed its first case of vel Coronavirus on January 19, making it first confirmed case in South Asian nations. infected was a student who h just returned from Wuhan and h tested positive for virus.

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Infected patient released

In a similar incident, due to an ministration error by a hospital in San Diego and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a woman who h tested positive for vel Coronavirus was released. patient was sent to a Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, inste of being isolated.

woman in question arrived on base on February 5. She was among State Department flights that were bringing Americans back from Wuhan, China. Soon after reaching base she started experiencing symptoms of coronavirus and was sent to UC San Diego Health. Three or people who were also exhibiting symptoms were also sent to UC San Diego Health.

According to reports, blood samples from evacuees were sent to a CDC lab in Atlanta. Since some of samples were miss-labelled, y were t tested. When results did t reach UC San Diego Health, CDC reported results of or patients that tested negative.

After realising ir mistake, woman was tracked down and returned to UC San Diego Health where she remains in isolation.

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