Cuttack: The social stigma attached to COVID-19 reportedly led a woman to flee a care centre in Odisha’s Cuttack.
According to sources, the woman was admitted to the Balikuda COVID care centre after she tested positive for the virus.
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On Tuesday morning, the woman gave the centre’s authorities a slip and fled the centre. However, the alert caretakers immediately noticed that she was missing and launched a search.
Minutes later, they found her sitting along a road near the centre and was brought back.
Cuttack Collector Bhabani Shankar Chayani said he will find out about the case and take appropriate action.
