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NAGPUR: In a late night development, police said that 3 men and 2 women coronavirus suspects allegedly fled from Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (Mayo) on Friday.Zonal DCP Rahul Maknikar, who was on night rounds, confirmed the incident and said, “Police have been put on high alert."Hospital sources said that all five were admitted to the isolation ward in the evening. They had come on their own after developing coronavirus-like symptoms. Their samples were taken for testing and one of the men had turned negative. The reports of the other four will be available on Saturday.One of the women is employed as a help in the house of the first man who tested positive and is in Mayo itself. His wife and colleague, who too tested positive, are in the isolation ward at the Government Medical College and Hospital. All three are recovering well.According to sources, police have tracked three of the five to their houses and requested them to return to hospital on Saturday. Police said that the five left the ward one after the other claiming that they wanted to use the washroom and have tea.