This story is from May 12, 2020

Kochi: Four admitted to hospital with suspected symptoms of Covid-19

Kochi: Four admitted to hospital with suspected symptoms of Covid-19
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KOZHIKODE: Four Non-resident Keralites (NRKs) with suspected symptoms of Covid-19 have been admitted to the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital (KGMCH) isolation ward on Tuesday. Out of the four, three persons hail from Kozhikode and one from Palakkad. They were admitted after their body temperature was found high, at the Aerobridge at Karipur airport.
Apart from this, a Kozhikode native and two Kannur natives were also admitted to the Kozhikode Government Medical College hospital on showing uneasiness at the airport.
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All the six of them were part of the 184 expatriates group including 68 women and 116 men who reached Karipur airport under the Vande Bharat Mission on May 12 . Out of this, 68 of them are from Kozhikode district. The expats arrived from Bahrain on Air India Express flight 0474 landed at Karipur Airport on 12.40 am on May 12. Thirty-eight NRKs from Kozhikode district have been shifted to the district administrations COVID 19 care centres and 26 persons are kept under home quarantine.
They were taken to the hospitals and Covid care centres and houses on 43 ambulances, six KSRTC buses ad 60 prepaid taxi services.
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Sreedevi Chitharanjan

Sreedevi 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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