Covid Variant Scare: An Isolation Ward Has Been Set up at Wenlock Hospital in Mangalore

Covid Variant Scare: An Isolation Ward Has Been Set up at Wenlock Hospital in Mangalore

An isolation ward with 25 beds is set up at the Wenlock hospital in Mangalore city in the wake of increasing Covid variant scare. The state government has also taken out a separate guideline as the cases of Covid variant are on the rise in overseas countries.

Around 2% of international passengers are tested for Covid at the international airport in the city. The samples are sent to the genomic sequencing laboratory. If Covid is confirmed, then such passengers will be treated in the isolation ward.