KOZHIKODE: District Medical officer Dr V Jayashree said on Wednesday that 315 persons had been kept under quarantine at the hospitals and houses in
Kozhikode district
in view of
coronavirus outbreak.
Out of the 315, 168 of them arrived to Kozhikode from coronavirus-hit countries. At present, eleven people with suspected symptoms of Covid-19 have been kept under observation in the isolation wards of the Kozhikode Government Beach General Hospital and Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital. The health department also discharged nine people after they tested negative for Covid-19.
Dr Jayashree said that out of the 61 samples sent so far, 50 of them tested negative for Covid-19. The DMO also held a meeting with programme officers to assess the block-level preventive measures taken against Covid-19.
Meanwhile, district collector Sambasiva Rao said that Aadhar enrolment will not be carried out till March 31 considering the prevailing situation.
Sreedevi is senior correspondent with the Times of India in Kozhi...
Read MoreSreedevi is senior correspondent with the Times of India in Kozhikode. She is handling the civic issue beat for the past four years. She was with The New Indian Express earlier.
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