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Coronavirus | 33-year-old man who came from Australia tests positive

He arrived here on March 12 and got admitted at a private hospital after showing symptoms of the disease

Updated - March 22, 2020 11:07 am IST

Published - March 22, 2020 10:30 am IST - DHARWAD

Dinesh Nayak Nagar
A corona patient ward is set up to provide treatment to any suspected case of the coronavirus at a hospital in Karnataka.

A corona patient ward is set up to provide treatment to any suspected case of the coronavirus at a hospital in Karnataka.

A 33-year-old person who had arrived here from Australia has been tested positive for COVID-19 .

Deputy Commissioner M. Deepa confirmed that he was the 21st case to be reported from Karnataka.

Also read: Janata Curfew | Minimal public transport in Karnataka on March 22

He arrived here on March 12 and got admitted at a private hospital after showing symptoms of COVID-19. The doctors at the hospital informed the health officials who shifted him immediately to an isolation ward at KIMS in Hubballi. The report on Sunday confirmed that he was infected with COVID-19.

Contract tracing was under progress and a three-km area at Hosayellapur in old Dharwad has been declared Containment Area, Ms. Deepa said.

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