District Health Officer H.P. Manche Gowda said the woman had arrived with Siddiq from Dubai in an aircraft. “The woman has been admitted to the isolation ward at the MIMS and she has been under constant observation.”According to another senior health officer, the patient has been suffering from cough, sneezing, fever and cold [all symptoms of COVID-19] since she returned from Dubai. She was under “home quarantine” since past a few days, and admitted to MIMS based on the advice of doctors. The doctors at the MIMS collected her blood samples and nasal/throat swabs for tests and the reports are awaited, he said.

Source: The Hindu March 16, 2020 14:48 UTC