The Ministry of Health has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 in India. Both the patients are stable and being closely monitored. In a statement released on Monday, the government said while one positive case of the Covid-19 was detected in New Delhi, the other was reported from Telangana.
The statement also read, ” the person from Delhi has a travel history from Italy, while the one from Telangana has a travel history from Dubai.”
Update on #COVID19:
Two positive cases of #nCoV19 detected. More details in the Press Release.#coronoavirusoutbreak #CoronaVirusUpdate pic.twitter.com/kf83odGo8f
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) March 2, 2020
Earlier in India, there were three positive COVID-19 cases reported from Kerala, but all were discharged from the hospital after they recovered from the disease. The Centre has evacuated Indians as well as foreign nationals at least thrice from the COVID-19-affected regions in China and Japan. Suspected persons were quarantined at the Chhawala and Manesar isolation camps arranged by the Army and the ITBP.
The Ministry had clarified earlier that the passengers are being monitored under community surveillance through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme(IDSP) network daily. More than 20,000 passengers are presently under community surveillance through IDSP. Nearly 3,000 samples have been sent for testing so far, and only five confirmed cases had been reported so far.
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