Third case of Coronavirus confirmed in Kerala, says Health Ministry

India
reported a third case of novel coronavirus on Monday with another person from
Kerala, who recently returned from China, testing positive for the infection,
the Health Ministry said.

“The
patient has tested positive for novel coronavirus and is in isolation in the
hospital. The patient is stable and is being closely monitored,” the
ministry said.

The medical
student is in an isolation ward at Kanhangad district hospital in Kasaragod,
Health Minister K K Shailaja informed the state assembly.

The patient
has a travel history from Wuhan, epicentre of the outbreak, in China.

This is the
third positive case reported from Kerala. Two earlier positive cases, also of
students who came back from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus, were reported
from Thrissur and Alapuzha districts.

A total of
1,999 people, who have a travel history from China and other affected
countries, are under observation in Kerala,of whom 75 are in isolation wards of
various hospitals.

The remaining 1,924 are under home quarantine as per a medical bulletin issued on Sunday night. The Health Ministry on Monday updated its travel advisory, which was issued on Sunday, and asked people to refrain from travelling to China in view of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in its Hubei province and said travellers on return from the neighbouring country could be quarantined.