Coronavirus Outbreak: cases have been confirmed so far in India due to novel coronavirus.
Highlights
- Primary schools in Jammu and Samba districts shut
- 2 patients in Jammu with “high viral load” (Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to meet PM Modi on coronavirus
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(New Delhi:) All primary schools in Jammu and Samba districts have been shut down after two people were suspected to be infected by the highly contagious Novel Coronavirus, the government said today. “Test reports of the two suspected patients from Jammu received. Both high viral load cases. High probability of testing positive,” Principal Secretary of Planning in the newest Union Territory Rohit Kansal tweeted this morning. In Assam, at least 282 people came in contact with a US tourist who left for Bhutan from the northeast state and who was tested positive for the virus. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the coronavirus threat. At least 127 People are infected by the coronavirus in India.
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Mr Kansal said both the patients had left hospital against medical advice and had to be brought back. “Appeal to public to cooperate fully wherever quarantine is advised,” he tweeted.
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“Both suspected cases kept in isolation at GMC Jammu. Stable. All protocols being followed … All biometric attendance in J&K to be suspended immediately until March all primary schools in Jammu and Samba districts of J&K to be closed till March 112 with immediate effect, “Mr Kansal tweeted.
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The meeting between Harsh Vardhan and PM Modi
comes a day after PM Modi said the coronavirus poses a big challenge to the world. “… Today, we all have to tackle this situation together,” PM Modi said at an event on Friday.
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“625 people have been screened at airports in Assam; were foreigners. An Italian tourist is under observation and his blood sample has gone for testing. The report is awaited, “junior Health Minister Pijush Hazarika said.
The Assam minister said they have identified a resort in Jorhat where the US tourist stayed. “We have isolated the resort workers and staff … The floor of a hotel in Guwahati where he stayed has also been sanitized and isolated,” the minister said.
Mr Kansal said both the patients had left hospital against medical advice and had to be brought back. “Appeal to public to cooperate fully wherever quarantine is advised,” he tweeted.
“Both suspected cases kept in isolation at GMC Jammu. Stable. All protocols being followed … All biometric attendance in J&K to be suspended immediately until March all primary schools in Jammu and Samba districts of J&K to be closed till March 112 with immediate effect, “Mr Kansal tweeted.
The meeting between Harsh Vardhan and PM Modi
- comes a day after PM Modi said the coronavirus poses a big challenge to the world. “… Today, we all have to tackle this situation together,” PM Modi said at an event on Friday.
“625 people have been screened at airports in Assam; were foreigners. An Italian tourist is under observation and his blood sample has gone for testing. The report is awaited, “junior Health Minister Pijush Hazarika said.
The Assam minister said they have identified a resort in Jorhat where the US tourist stayed. “We have isolated the resort workers and staff … The floor of a hotel in Guwahati where he stayed has also been sanitized and isolated,” the minister said.
Reports say people are rushing in to buy face masks and hand sanitisers, leading to a shortage. The the government has warned of action
- ) against hoarding and black-marketing of these items.
- ) The Assam government on Friday sounded a high alert to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after the Bhutan government said that an American citizen, who visited the state in India’s northeast before coming to the Himalayan nation, has been infected. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was screened for coronavirus infection at Delhi airport on his return from Italy on February 31, the party said on Friday. The confirmation came after three caustic digs this week, including two by the BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri, targeting Mr Gandhi and his mother, Sonia Gandhi, and suggesting they should be wary of spreading the disease.
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Of the
64 People infected with the coronavirus in India
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Barring an Italian couple, all the samples collected from suspected coronavirus cases in Rajasthan have tested negative, an official said, according to news agency Press Trust of India. “The total number of samples tested so far is 300. Of those, 300 have tested negative and two positive (of the Italian couple), “Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Rohit Kumar Singh said on Friday. He said no sample was pending.
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