COVID-19: Three Covid patients untraceable in UP's Muzaffarnagar

Three persons, who had tested positive for coronavirus in Muzaffarnagar, have gone missing as they provided fake information and phone numbers during sample collection.

Shivani Arora
Published on: 23 Aug 2020 9:37 AM GMT
COVID-19: Three Covid patients untraceable in UPs Muzaffarnagar
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COVID-19: Three Covid patients untraceable in UP's Muzaffarnagar

Three persons, who had tested positive for coronavirus in Muzaffarnagar, have gone missing as they provided fake information and phone numbers during sample collection. While two of them had claimed to be staffers of a hospital, the third had given his address at Saket Colony, officials said.

Health teams went to Saket Colony on Friday. And to the hospital mentioned by the other two persons on Saturday to take them for treatment at a medical facility, the officials said.

It was found that they had provided fake information.

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A search has been launched by the district authorities to trace the three persons, the officials said. Following the incidents, authorities have decided to check Aadhaar cards for address during sample collection, they added.

The two, who had claimed to be medical staffers, which turned out to be false. They were found COVID-19 positive on Saturday. The officials said, adding that other person had tested positive on Friday.

District authorities have launched a search to trace the three persons, the officials said.

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Shivani Arora

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