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Puttur : Covid-19 fears after hotel worker collapses to death at home

Puttur : Covid-19 fears after hotel worker collapses to death at home


Mangalore Today News Network

Puttur, May 29, 2020:   The incident wherein a  hotel worker who  reportedly collapsed to death at Darbe Nekkilady Village in Puttur taluk, has given rise to Covid-19 fears in the village. The man  who  had distanced himself from his family in Puttur was working at a hotel in Uppinangady. However, when the hotel closed due to lockdown he stayed with the family of an acquaintance at Nekkilady village. It is said he was an alcoholic and collapsed to death at the house. However when rumours spread he had  fever, there were fears of Covid-19 and no one came forward to perform his funeral.

 

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Finally when someone informed the police, the Uppinangady SI Eraiah managed to convince a private ambulance driver and  shifted the body to the Puttur Government hospital after wrapping it in a PPE kit  meant for policemen. The throat swab has now been taken and the  funeral will be performed after the  lab report arrives.


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