Covid-19 Suspected patient from Bandipora admitted in CD Hospital

Suhail Rather

Bandipora, Mar 26:(PTK) A COVID-19 Suspected patient of Bandipora was on Thursday shifted to Chest Disease (CD) Hospital in Srinagar for quarantine purpose as he had shown severe symptoms of the virus, sources said.

A 29 year old Tableeg-i-Jamaat member was shifted to CD hospital for quarantine purpose after he showed symptoms of the virus.

Sources said that he was among the contacts of the COVID-19 patient of Hyderpora who died on Thursday morning after he was tested positive for the virus two days ago.

“The 29-year-old who was today shifted to CD hospital has a travel history of Bengaluru, Delhi and Jammu. He was among the contacts of the deceased COVID-19 patient as he was also a Tableeg-i-Jamaat member,” they said.

An official said that he was traced late last night and was put under quarantine at Chitternar in Bandipora, where a quarantine centre has been set up by the district administration.

“He was traced by the rapid response team at around 12:30 am and immediately put under quarantine at Chitternar. He had returned to Kashmir on March 22nd. After he showed sever symptoms we decided to shift him to CD hospital today,” he said.

Authorities on Wednesday shifted three relatives including father and two cousins of COVID-19 patient from Kehnusa village to SKIMS Soura for quarantine purpose.(PTK)