The Hindu : Quarantined family shows no SARS symptom: Collector

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Sunday, Apr 27, 2003

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Southern States - Tamil Nadu

Quarantined family shows no SARS symptom: Collector

By Our Staff Reporter

VELLORE April 26. None of the 14 quarantined family members of Ezhumalai (40), Singapore-returned driver of Chinna Pushpagiri near Sandhavasal in Tiruvannamalai district, who was admitted to an isolation ward of the Christian Medical College Hospital here, has any symptom of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, according to Tiruvannamalai Collector, Dheeraj Kumar.

The Collector told The Hindu today that a medical team, led by Vadivelan, Deputy Director, Health Services, Tiruvannamalai, was camping at Chinna Pushpagiri and keeping a watch on the family members.

Naso-pharyngeal swab and blood and urine samples of Mr. Ezhumalai were sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, for testing.

The team, which examined the family members, did not find any of them suffering from cold, cough, fever or breathing difficulty. Meanwhile, Anand Job, Hospital Medical Superintendent, said Mr. Ezhumalai was admitted to the hospital on prior appointment on Thursday for diabetes treatment. Only because he returned a few days ago from Singapore, one of the SARS-affected countries, did the hospital take the precaution of sending the samples to the NIV. His condition was better and he had no fever.

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