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Coronavirus India updates: 406 people kept at ITBP facility; Two hospitalised for symptoms of coronavirus in Kottayam
8 min read . Updated: 03 Feb 2020, 09:53 PM ISTAgencies
The Centre has set up a task force to monitor the situation arising out of the novel coronavirus with representatives from the Ministries of Health, Home, Civil Aviation and Women and Child Development, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday.
The move came amidst reports that a third case of novel coronavirus was detected in Kerala and the person had recently returned from China.
"A task force has been set up to monitor novel coronavirus situation. The first meeting of the task force will be held today. We will discuss what all precautions need to be taken to prevent the spread of the virus," Reddy said.
The virus originated in Wuhan in December and has since then spread to various cities around the world.
Here are the latest updates of deadly coronavirus:
Kerala government declares novel coronavirus epidemic as "state calamity" after three people test positive
State Health Minister K K Shailaja told reporters that the government has declared the epidemic as a "state calamity" to take all necessary steps to ensure that the outbreak is effectively controlled.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the apex committee of the State Disaster Management Authority chaired by Chief Secretary Tom Jose, she said here, hours after the third positive case in the country was confirmed from the state.
A medical bulletin issued by the government said the health status of all the three students, who tested positive for the virus, was "satisfactory".
406 people kept at ITBP facility test negative
Tests conducted for coronavirus on 406 people, who were evacuated to Delhi from China's Wuhan city to a ITBP facility have been negative till now, a senior official of the border guarding force said on Monday.
"Periodical medical checks are being done and all the tests conducted on the inmates for possible coronavirus exposure have been negative till now," an ITBP spokesperson said.
"Four isolation beds have been kept prepared at the facility in case it is required and doctors from AIIMS and Safdarjung are visiting regularly to assist the medical team of the force that is posted here round-the-clock," the spokesperson said.
A total of 406 people have been kept at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police facility in Chhawla area of the national capital after they were brought in two batches from Wuhan onboard separate Air India flights.
Pangsau Pass market in Arunachal Pradesh temporarily shut down over coronavirus scare
Authorities in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Monday temporarily shut down the Pangsau Pass market, along the India-Myanmar border, in the wake of the growing Coronavirus threat.
Arunachal Pradesh shares a 1,080-km-long border with China, where the novel coronavirus (nCOV) outbreak has so far claimed over 300 lives. Myanmar-China boundary spans 2204 km
GoM meets for first time, discusses measures to contain coronavirus
A Group of Ministers (GoM) formed to review, monitor and evaluate the preparedness to contain the deadly coronavirus infection in the country held its first meeting on Monday.
The high-level GoM includes Union ministers Harsh Vardhan, Hardeep Puri, S Jaishankar, G Kishan Reddy, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, and Mansukh Lal Mandaviya.
The ministers were apprised of the three confirmed cases reported from Kerala and the preventive steps and measures taken for management of coronavirus, the Ministry of Health said.
Two hospitalised for symptoms of coronavirus in Kottayam
Two persons, who returned from coronavirus-hit China two weeks ago, have been admitted to the isolation ward of the Government Medical College Hospital here for symptoms of cough and cold
Hyderabad hospital begins testing for coronavirus
uspected coronavirus cases from both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will now be tested in Hyderabad with the health authorities setting up the necessary facilty at the government-run Gandhi Hospital here.
Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajender on Monday inaugurated the facility at Gandhi Hospital's Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) lab.
He said samples from the suspected cases in both the Telugu states will be examined in the hi-tech lab for which the Centre has provided rapid diagnostic kits.
Back from Wuhan, two MP students test negative for coronavirus
Two Indian students undergoing treatment at a hospital here in Madhya Pradesh after returning from coronavirus-affected China have tested negative for the infection
WB govt provides thermal scanners to Kolkata airport for passenger surveillance
The West Bengal government has provided two thermal scanners to the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here to help the authorities conduct surveillance on passengers to contain attack of coronavirus, a senior official said on Monday.
The West Bengal Medical Service Corporation has bought the two thermal scanners at a total cost of ₹30 lakhs and handed it over to the city airport authorities on Sunday, he said.
The Kolkata Port authorities have already started using thermal scanners to identify passengers with symptoms of coronavirus, who are arriving at the city using waterways.
Coronavirus testing counters in NE airports
In view of the Novel Coronavirus threat in China, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) with the help of the concerned state governments has set up screening and testing counters in most of the airports of northeast India, a top AAI official said on Monday.
Officials in Mizoram capital Aizawl said that two people, who had returned to the state from China early January, have been kept under house quarantine in view of the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus in the neighbouring country.
An official of Mizoram Health Department said that though both the person did not show any sign of being infected with the virus and both of them tested negative for the deadly virus, they were put under house quarantine as a precautionary measure.
AAI Regional Executive Director (NER) Sanjeev Jindal said that the Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi international airport in Guwahati is the only airport in the northeast region from where the international flight operations took place with Singapore and Bhutan.
He told IANS that following the standard operating procedure (SOP) received from the central government, a special screening, testing and checking counter with the help of the Assam government has been functioning at the Guwahati airport since last week.
A special ambulance is also kept ready at the Guwahati airport and an isolated unit has also created in a Guwahati hospital for the suspected patient. Similar such screening and testing counters were set up in the other major airports including Agartala's Maharaja Bir Bikram airport, Lengpui airport in Mizoram and Imphal airport in Manipur.
Two Andhra youths stranded in China appeal for evacuation
Two youngsters from Andhra Pradesh including a 22-year-old woman, who is due to be married this month, are stranded in coronavirus-hit China and have appealed to the government to evacuate them.
Annem Naga Jyothi and Satya Sai Krishna, stranded in the worst affected Chinese city of Wuhan, were not allowed to board the second Air India flight that brought over 323 Indians back on Sunday as they were running high temperature.
Jyothi, who hails from Kurnool district and is due to be married on February 14, made an appeal to the Indian government through a video that went viral on the social media.
Jyothi and Krishna were among the 58 trainee engineers of Panel Optodisplay Technology Private Limited (POTPL). Barring the two, all others have returned to India.
4 suspected coronavirus cases in Odisha test negative
Four samples from Odisha, which were sent to National Institute of Virology in Pune for novel coronavirus, tested negative on Monday, while one person's result is awaited.
"Four samples from #Odisha sent to NIV, Pune found negative. All the Collectors have been asked to carry out awareness drive in their districts. In case of any suspected case, please contact @HFWOdisha helpline number: 0674-2390466/9439994857," the Press Information Bureau tweeted on Monday.
According to the reports, all samples were sent from Regional Medical Research Centre in Bhubaneswar to NIV Pune. The Centre has been declared as nodal for coronavirus testing.
All of them had a travel history in China. Meanwhile, two more suspected people have been kept in the isolation ward in a hospital in Bhubaneswar.
Third coronavirus case reported from Kerala
In the third novel coronavirus case reported in India, another Keralite student who returned from Wuhan university on Monday tested positive for the infection, Health Minister K K Shailaja said today. The student is in an isolation ward at Kanhangad district hospital in Kasaragod district, she informed the state Assembly. The condition of the student is "stable", she said. Out of the 104 samples tested till Sunday, three have been tested positive. This is the third positive case reported from Kerala. Two earlier posititve cases, also of students who came back from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus, were reported from Thrissur and Alapuzha districts.
Anyone with travel history of China since 15 January can be quarantined: Govt
The government issued a new travel advisory asking people to refrain from travelling to China in view of coronavirus outbreak in its Hubei province and said travellers on return from the neighbouring country could be quarantined. In its advisory, the Health Ministry also said anyone with travel history of China since January 15 could be quarantined.
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8 min read . Updated: 03 Feb 2020, 09:53 PM ISTAgencies
- Kerala government declares coronavirus epidemic as 'state calamity' after three people test positive
- A total of 406 people have been kept at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police facility in Chhawla area of the national capital
The Centre has set up a task force to monitor the situation arising out of the novel coronavirus with representatives from the Ministries of Health, Home, Civil Aviation and Women and Child Development, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday.
The move came amidst reports that a third case of novel coronavirus was detected in Kerala and the person had recently returned from China.
"A task force has been set up to monitor novel coronavirus situation. The first meeting of the task force will be held today. We will discuss what all precautions need to be taken to prevent the spread of the virus," Reddy said.
The virus originated in Wuhan in December and has since then spread to various cities around the world.
Here are the latest updates of deadly coronavirus:
Kerala government declares novel coronavirus epidemic as "state calamity" after three people test positive
State Health Minister K K Shailaja told reporters that the government has declared the epidemic as a "state calamity" to take all necessary steps to ensure that the outbreak is effectively controlled.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the apex committee of the State Disaster Management Authority chaired by Chief Secretary Tom Jose, she said here, hours after the third positive case in the country was confirmed from the state.
A medical bulletin issued by the government said the health status of all the three students, who tested positive for the virus, was "satisfactory".
406 people kept at ITBP facility test negative
Tests conducted for coronavirus on 406 people, who were evacuated to Delhi from China's Wuhan city to a ITBP facility have been negative till now, a senior official of the border guarding force said on Monday.
"Periodical medical checks are being done and all the tests conducted on the inmates for possible coronavirus exposure have been negative till now," an ITBP spokesperson said.
"Four isolation beds have been kept prepared at the facility in case it is required and doctors from AIIMS and Safdarjung are visiting regularly to assist the medical team of the force that is posted here round-the-clock," the spokesperson said.
A total of 406 people have been kept at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police facility in Chhawla area of the national capital after they were brought in two batches from Wuhan onboard separate Air India flights.
Pangsau Pass market in Arunachal Pradesh temporarily shut down over coronavirus scare
Authorities in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Monday temporarily shut down the Pangsau Pass market, along the India-Myanmar border, in the wake of the growing Coronavirus threat.
Arunachal Pradesh shares a 1,080-km-long border with China, where the novel coronavirus (nCOV) outbreak has so far claimed over 300 lives. Myanmar-China boundary spans 2204 km
GoM meets for first time, discusses measures to contain coronavirus
A Group of Ministers (GoM) formed to review, monitor and evaluate the preparedness to contain the deadly coronavirus infection in the country held its first meeting on Monday.
The high-level GoM includes Union ministers Harsh Vardhan, Hardeep Puri, S Jaishankar, G Kishan Reddy, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, and Mansukh Lal Mandaviya.
The ministers were apprised of the three confirmed cases reported from Kerala and the preventive steps and measures taken for management of coronavirus, the Ministry of Health said.
Two hospitalised for symptoms of coronavirus in Kottayam
Two persons, who returned from coronavirus-hit China two weeks ago, have been admitted to the isolation ward of the Government Medical College Hospital here for symptoms of cough and cold
Hyderabad hospital begins testing for coronavirus
uspected coronavirus cases from both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will now be tested in Hyderabad with the health authorities setting up the necessary facilty at the government-run Gandhi Hospital here.
Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajender on Monday inaugurated the facility at Gandhi Hospital's Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) lab.
He said samples from the suspected cases in both the Telugu states will be examined in the hi-tech lab for which the Centre has provided rapid diagnostic kits.
Back from Wuhan, two MP students test negative for coronavirus
Two Indian students undergoing treatment at a hospital here in Madhya Pradesh after returning from coronavirus-affected China have tested negative for the infection
WB govt provides thermal scanners to Kolkata airport for passenger surveillance
The West Bengal government has provided two thermal scanners to the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here to help the authorities conduct surveillance on passengers to contain attack of coronavirus, a senior official said on Monday.
The West Bengal Medical Service Corporation has bought the two thermal scanners at a total cost of ₹30 lakhs and handed it over to the city airport authorities on Sunday, he said.
The Kolkata Port authorities have already started using thermal scanners to identify passengers with symptoms of coronavirus, who are arriving at the city using waterways.
Coronavirus testing counters in NE airports
In view of the Novel Coronavirus threat in China, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) with the help of the concerned state governments has set up screening and testing counters in most of the airports of northeast India, a top AAI official said on Monday.
Officials in Mizoram capital Aizawl said that two people, who had returned to the state from China early January, have been kept under house quarantine in view of the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus in the neighbouring country.
An official of Mizoram Health Department said that though both the person did not show any sign of being infected with the virus and both of them tested negative for the deadly virus, they were put under house quarantine as a precautionary measure.
AAI Regional Executive Director (NER) Sanjeev Jindal said that the Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi international airport in Guwahati is the only airport in the northeast region from where the international flight operations took place with Singapore and Bhutan.
He told IANS that following the standard operating procedure (SOP) received from the central government, a special screening, testing and checking counter with the help of the Assam government has been functioning at the Guwahati airport since last week.
A special ambulance is also kept ready at the Guwahati airport and an isolated unit has also created in a Guwahati hospital for the suspected patient. Similar such screening and testing counters were set up in the other major airports including Agartala's Maharaja Bir Bikram airport, Lengpui airport in Mizoram and Imphal airport in Manipur.
Two Andhra youths stranded in China appeal for evacuation
Two youngsters from Andhra Pradesh including a 22-year-old woman, who is due to be married this month, are stranded in coronavirus-hit China and have appealed to the government to evacuate them.
Annem Naga Jyothi and Satya Sai Krishna, stranded in the worst affected Chinese city of Wuhan, were not allowed to board the second Air India flight that brought over 323 Indians back on Sunday as they were running high temperature.
Jyothi, who hails from Kurnool district and is due to be married on February 14, made an appeal to the Indian government through a video that went viral on the social media.
Jyothi and Krishna were among the 58 trainee engineers of Panel Optodisplay Technology Private Limited (POTPL). Barring the two, all others have returned to India.
4 suspected coronavirus cases in Odisha test negative
Four samples from Odisha, which were sent to National Institute of Virology in Pune for novel coronavirus, tested negative on Monday, while one person's result is awaited.
"Four samples from #Odisha sent to NIV, Pune found negative. All the Collectors have been asked to carry out awareness drive in their districts. In case of any suspected case, please contact @HFWOdisha helpline number: 0674-2390466/9439994857," the Press Information Bureau tweeted on Monday.
According to the reports, all samples were sent from Regional Medical Research Centre in Bhubaneswar to NIV Pune. The Centre has been declared as nodal for coronavirus testing.
All of them had a travel history in China. Meanwhile, two more suspected people have been kept in the isolation ward in a hospital in Bhubaneswar.
Third coronavirus case reported from Kerala
In the third novel coronavirus case reported in India, another Keralite student who returned from Wuhan university on Monday tested positive for the infection, Health Minister K K Shailaja said today. The student is in an isolation ward at Kanhangad district hospital in Kasaragod district, she informed the state Assembly. The condition of the student is "stable", she said. Out of the 104 samples tested till Sunday, three have been tested positive. This is the third positive case reported from Kerala. Two earlier posititve cases, also of students who came back from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus, were reported from Thrissur and Alapuzha districts.
Anyone with travel history of China since 15 January can be quarantined: Govt
The government issued a new travel advisory asking people to refrain from travelling to China in view of coronavirus outbreak in its Hubei province and said travellers on return from the neighbouring country could be quarantined. In its advisory, the Health Ministry also said anyone with travel history of China since January 15 could be quarantined.
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