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| corona effect:Tracking coronavirus patients in Karnataka: Here's who went where
From visiting a mall and buying grocery in a local store, from heading and eating at local restaurants and even catching a movie in the theatre, the coronavirus (Covid-19) positive patients did it all. This has now become a big headache for the health department officials who need to contact all the people, primary and secondary, who came in contact with the infected before they were isolated.
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On Friday, the Karnataka government released information outlining the places visited by all six coronavirus patients in the state for contact tracing.
In the medical bulletin released by the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services, the movement history of positive cases in Karnataka has been clearly outlined.
"The tracing of high risk and low-risk contacts for Covid-19 positive cases is extremely crucial. It has been decided to put in public domain, the movement history of positive cases in Karnataka. The time and place of movement is shown in the flowchart. The public is requested to call 104 helpline and inform the department on their presence at the place and time mentioned. This will help us in better contact tracing and further transmission of novel coronavirus in the community," the bulletin said.
The state's first case was of a techie who travelled to Bengaluru from the US via Dubai. On February 28 at 12.30 pm, he took a flight from Austin to the John F Kennedy Airport in New York. He was at the airport from 4.11 pm to 11 pm and then flew to Dubai and arrived at 8.25 pm. His next flight was at 3.40 pm and he arrived at 8.50 am at the Bengaluru airport on March 1.
The techie reached his home at 11 am in Whitefield. On the same day, he went out for lunch at 2 pm to the hotel, Paradise Biryani. March 2 was a very busy day where between 2 pm and 3 pm, he visited the Loyal City Supermarket in Whitefield. In the evening, he visited his workplace - Dell's office in Divyashree Greens at 4 pm and remained there till 10 pm.
On March 3, he was at the Forum Valley Mall, located in Forum Whitefield, at 10 am to watch a movie. He then went to work at 2 pm and remained there until 10.30 pm.
But on March 5, the techie visited the RxDx clinic, at 10.30 am, after being referred to by Manipal Hospital. He reached his home in Whitefield at 3.30 pm. He remained at home on March 6 and 7.
On March 8, before getting admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases at 8 pm, he went to the Mediwave Medical Store and Loyal Supermarket in W
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