Coronavirus in India: 2 people who returned from China kept under watch; many quarantined

NEW DELHI: More than 29,700 passengers from 137 flights have been screened for coronavirus infection at seven identified airports in the country until Sunday. As of now, no positive cases have been detected, according to the Union Health Ministry.

“A girl in Bihar’s Chapra (Saran district) who returned from China, is hospitalized after showing the similar symptoms to those of the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus. Now she is on the way to Patna, where she’ll be admitted at PMCH,” the superintendent of Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) was quoted by ANI.

Another case came up when a doctor in Rajasthan, who also returned from China, showed some symptoms of the infection. The suspected patient’s blood sample will be sent to National Institute of Virology in Pune, said officials from the state’s health department.

Apart from that, more than 100 people have been kept under observation in Kerala and Maharashtra for screening purposes to check the spread of this infection, informed the Prime Minister’s Office.

In China the virus has killed at least 80 individuals and infected nearly 2800 in the country so far.

43 cases have been reported from other countries along with the US confirming the fifth case on Sunday. The highest number of cases have been reported from Thailand holding eight. The majority of the cases both in China and abroad have a connection to Wuhan, where the virus is said to have appeared allegedly from seafood and fish market.

China banned the trading of wildlife across the country, prohibiting the shipping and sale of wild animals.

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