Coronavirus in India: First case confirmed in Kerala
India has reported its first confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Thrissur district of Kerala. The patient is a student studying in Wuhan University, China and is being closely monitored. Kerala Health Minister said 20 samples were sent for tests out of which one was found to be positive.
In Kerala, one person each from Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta and Malappuram and three from Ernakulam district have been kept in isolation wards of various helath centres.
The 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic that has concerned health experts worldover started in China’s Wuhan city early December last year and has so far claimed more than 170 lives and almost 7,700 cases have been confirmed in mainland China, as the Wuhan it spreads across Asia and the rest of the world.
Novel coronavirus belongs to the coronavirus family that causes illnesses ranging from the common cold to acute respiratory syndromes. It has emerged from a seafood and animal market in Wuhan city, China.
The government had stepped up its efforts to monitor the health of people coming into India, especially from China and South East Asia. Thailand had reported 14 confirmed cases of coronavirus.
