A Rishikesh based woman who had recently returned from China has been kept in an isolation ward and under medical vigil at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Rishikesh for being a suspected case of Corona virus.
The woman visited the ENT, OPD on the day with symptoms like sore throat, dry cough and headache. The alarmed authorities sent her in an isolation ward.
The sample of the patient has been sent to National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune for confirmation of Coronavirus. This woman is said to be doing her internship in medicine from China. Meanwhile, the female patient of Dehradun who last week was admitted in the hospital with symptoms of the dreaded disease and was subsequently found negative for the Coronavirus by the Pune based NIV was discharged from the hospital on Monday.
The symptoms of the Coronavirus are similar to that of normal influenza. The symptoms include incessant fever, cough, irritation in throat, difficulty in breathing and pneumonia. The medical experts advice that people should cover their mouth and face while sneezing and should wash their hands and face regularly to prevent spread of the disease.
People should avoid going to crowded places and refrain from shaking hands with others. Those suffering from fever and cough should immediately take medical advice. People are also being asked not to eat raw or semi cooked meat and egg.
On the advisory issued by the central government on Coronavirus, the Uttarakhand state medical health and family welfare department is on a state of high alert for the novel disease.