<p>In a first such case in Punjab, a 26-year-old woman suspected to be suffering from <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> was booked for fleeing from the hospital here, police said on Friday.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/coronavirus-updates-live-four-dead-in-china-hotel-collapse-quater-of-italy-population-put-under-lockdown-799686.html#1" target="_blank">Track live updates on the coronavirus here</a></p>.<p>The woman, a resident of Mohali, had returned from the US and was taken to a government hospital in Chandigarh for a check up.</p>.<p>“But we got a call from the PGIMER (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) authorities that the woman had fled from the hospital on Thursday early morning,” said Mohali Station House Officer Phase -8 Rajnish Chaudhary on Friday.</p>.<p>She had been booked under relevant sections including 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 188 (disobedience to order) of the IPC, he said. </p>
<p>In a first such case in Punjab, a 26-year-old woman suspected to be suffering from <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> was booked for fleeing from the hospital here, police said on Friday.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/coronavirus-updates-live-four-dead-in-china-hotel-collapse-quater-of-italy-population-put-under-lockdown-799686.html#1" target="_blank">Track live updates on the coronavirus here</a></p>.<p>The woman, a resident of Mohali, had returned from the US and was taken to a government hospital in Chandigarh for a check up.</p>.<p>“But we got a call from the PGIMER (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) authorities that the woman had fled from the hospital on Thursday early morning,” said Mohali Station House Officer Phase -8 Rajnish Chaudhary on Friday.</p>.<p>She had been booked under relevant sections including 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 188 (disobedience to order) of the IPC, he said. </p>