Mangaluru/Udupi: The third Covid-19 patient in Udupi, a 29-year-old man, was discharged from the TMA Pai Covid Hospital, after two tests showed that he was negative. He was advised 14 days’ home quarantine. The patient had come to Udupi on March 24, from Kerala. Initially, he was admitted to the District Hospital in Udupi, after showing some Covid-19 symptoms, on March 27, and later tested positive on March 29.

The first Covid-19 patient from Udupi was discharged on April 11, and second on April 14. With the discharge of three patients, the number of active cases in Udupi has reduced to zero from three. No fresh cases were reported in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Saturday. Dakshina Kannada has one active Covid-19 patient who is being treated at Wenlock Hospital.

Restrictions on sale of paracetamol tablets

The drugs control department has instructed retail chemists in Dakshina Kannada not to dispense paracetamol-based drugs for symptoms like cough, cold, fever, tiredness, difficulty in breathing, without a prescription from doctors. In case of dispensing paracetamol-based drugs against prescription, the chemist must record details like name of the patient, doctor’s name, address and contact number in the bill. The department also warned action against chemists not adhering to the guidelines, and requested them to inform the health and family welfare department, if they come across suspicious cases where a customer has cough, cold, fever, tiredness and difficulties in breathing.

Undertrials shifted

A total 80 undertrials were shifted from the Mangaluru District Jail. While 40 were shifted to Karwar, the rest were sent to Chikkamagaluru to ensure social distancing. The prison in Mangaluru presently has 224 inmates in the new block, and 7 in the old block.