Covid 19 infection: Haryana native flees from isolation ward in Thiruvananthapuram MCH, traced

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 56-year-old Harayana native, who was admitted to the coronavirus isolation ward of the medical college hospital here on Saturday, gave the slip to hospital authorities shortly after admission, but was later traced, police said.

The man, who arrived here from Germany, was admitted to the hospital around 12.40 PM on Saturday, police said. After some time, he was found missing. A hunt was launched to trace him and he was found at a hotel in the city, they said.

On Friday also, a foreign couple, who had been under observation in Alappuzha Medical College after showing symptoms of Coronavirus infection, had fled the hospital only to be traced on the day itself.

They were tracked down at Nedumbassery airport. The couple had reached Kerala from Britain via Doha. In Thiruvananthapuram, three persons had tested positive for Covid-19 infection.