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Tamil Nadu

home quarantine

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Bodinayakanur

Sri Lanka

Covid-19

Untitled Carousel Tamil Nadu: Three persons admitted to isolation ward in Kanyakumari die; results awaited Three persons, including a two-year-old boy, admitted to a Covid-19 isolation ward in Kanyakumari Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) in Tamil Nadu died on Saturday morning.

Untitled Carousel Virus upsets Cupid; A tragic love story in the times of COVID-19 in a Tamil Nadu village A 24-year-old youth in southern Tamil Nadu district of Sivaganga jumped quarantine to meet his girlfriend on Wednesday night, sources said.

In a bizarre incident, a 34-year-oldin’s southern district of Theni, who was on a mandatory- a precautionary measure taken to prevent the spread of the virus- ran out of his house on Friday night anda 90-year-old woman by biting her throat.Police said the man, a native oftown in Theni district, had returned froma week ago. He was “mentally disturbed” after being home quarantined to rule out. He is a textile trader, according to sources.Late on Friday, the man ran out of his home naked and bit the throat of Natchiammal who was sleeping on the verandah outside her home on Baktha Seva Street. Hearing her cries, neighbours came to the spot, beat him up, tied up his hands and handed him over to the police. He was admitted to Bodi government hospital.The woman was admitted to Theni Government Medical College Hospital where she succumbed on Saturday morning.A murder case has been registered against the man. Further investigations are on.The incident highlights the need for psychological help for overseas returnees who have to undergo self-isolation in their homes before their samples are tested and proved they are COVID-19 negative. If they test positive they will be shifted to the isolation ward of a nearest government hospital which has facility for treating such patients.