Coronavirus: 43 people including family members in contact with COVID-19 patient who died in Kalaburagi

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Deputy commissioner B Sharat said that as the 76-year-old aged man who died on Tuesday night tested positive for COVID-19, a total 43 persons including the family members of the deceased and those who were in constant touch with him have been quarantined and the health department officials kept a close watch on them.

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They have not shown symptoms of coronavirus so for. The quarantined people included those who treated the deceased in the private hospital here and the neighbours.

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The family members of the deceased have been quarantined at their home in the city and the Heath department officials kept a close watch on them.

If they showed any symptoms, they will immediately be shifted to the 400-bed Isolation ward set up at the ESIC hospital in the City, he explained.

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