Kerala: COVID patient taken to hospital on bike, probe ordered

Authorities in Kerala ordered a probe after a video clip surfaced showing a COVID patient sandwiched between two persons in PPE kits being taken to hospital from a domiciliary COVID care centre on a two-wheeler. The incident occurred on Friday morning at the Punnapara domiciliary COVID care centre in Alappuzha. Following this, Alappuzha district collector A. Alexander said he has ordered a probe into this incident and "such a thing should have definitely not occurred." Officials have been told that the patient was taken to hospital on a two-wheeler as the ambulance driver was unavailable for a while. Meanwhile, it has been learnt that the condition of the patient who was moved to the General Hospital in Alappuzha is stable.