Man who attempted escape suffers from mental illness, not coronavirus
One or eight confirmed NCP patient escaped a hospital in Xiaogan city, Hubei province.
Rumor: One or eight confirmed NCP patient escaped a hospital in Xiaogan city, Hubei province.
Fact:
A suspected novel coronavirus pneumonia patient who attempted to escape from a hospital in Xiaogan city, Hubei province, was suffering from mental illness. The patient was tested negative for the virus after he was later caught, the hospital said on Monday.
The hospital has been designated to keep suspected NCP patients in Xiaogan since the outbreak. The patient, surnamed Wang, was sent to the hospital for isolation.
The 34-year-old dug a hole on the board installed to separate the ward around noon on Sunday. He then escaped by climbing out of a window, the hospital said in a statement on Monday.
About 12:20 pm, the patient was found. He underwent a chest CT scan in the afternoon and no irregularity was found. He was later transferred to a hospital specializing in mental illness in the city, according to the statement.
- Livestreamers accused of passing off ordinary Pu'er tea as rare varieties
- China allocates 30m yuan for post-disaster recovery in typhoon-hit Jilin
- Monkeys cool off in Zhangjiajie stream as heatwave hits Hunan
- Hohhot photography prize revoked after winning image found to be AI-generated
- Beijing temperatures top 40 C at start of hottest period of the year
- Dali orders suspension of car rental company amid scandals
