Coronavirus Outbreak: 3rd Case Tested Positive in Kerala

Guwahati, February 3, 2020:

India’s third case of Coronavirus disease has once again been reported from Kerala, a day after the second case was detected.

Another student studying in Wuhan University has been detected positive in Kerala. This case has been reported from Kerala’s Kasaragod district.

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Health Minister, Kerala, KK Shailaja has confirmed the report. ““The patient is stable. The sample test result on the infection arrived today morning. Two other coronavirus positive patients are in Thrissur and Alappuzha Medical Colleges,” he wrote on Twitter.

It may be mentioned here that the second coronavirus case was reported on Sunday. The first case was reported from Thrissur Kerala. The patients have been kept in isolation. At least 1,793 people are under surveillance at homes across Kerala and 70 have been admitted to isolation wards at the hospitals.

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More than 360 people have died in China following the outbreak in Wuhan. It has spread to over 24 countries so far. On Sunday, the first foreign death outside China was reported from the Philippines. The World Health Organisation has declared it as a global health emergency. According to experts, the Coronavirus is likely to become a pandemic that circles the globe.

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