BIG: All 645 evacuated from Wuhan by India test negative for Coronavirus, says Centre

Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that all 645 people evacuated from China's Wuhan city, who were kept in isolation at Army Base and ITBP camps, tested negative for coronavirus. It added that as of February 6, 1,38,750 passengers from 1,265 flights had been screened for vel coronavirus but new case was detected.

three cases are clinically stable

India has so far reported three confirmed cases of Coronavirus from Kerala. Three medical students studying at Wuhan University who returned to India recently tested positive for virus. Besides, 510 samples were tested by ICMR network laboratories, of which all had tested negative except for three already reported positive cases. three cases are clinically stable, ministry said in a statement.

It said that all 645 people evacuated from Wuhan, who were kept in isolation at Army Base and ITBP camps, tested negative for Coronavirus. Community surveillance and contact tracing is going on by IDSP for 6,558 persons across 32 states/UTs. Fourth Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) meeting was held on Thursday under Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to discuss various technical issues, including review period of follow up required for asymptomatic travellers from China.

Health Ministry in coordination with central ministries and all states/UTs is taking adequate measures for manment of nCoV in India.

India suspends all visas issued to Chinese nationals

India has suspended all visas, regular or electronic, issued to Chinese nationals before February 5, matter where in world y are travelling from, an immigration official said. But revocation doesn't apply to Chinese passport holders in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, official said, according to ANI.

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World Health Organisation has declared outbreak a global emergency. India will t admit foreign nationals who have been to China on or after January 15. y can't enter India from any "air, land or seaport, including Indo-Nepal, Indo-Bhutan, Indo-Bangladesh or Indo-Myanmar land borders," immigration official said.

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Death toll reached 563 in China

coronavirus death toll in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third consecutive record daily rise. Experts have intensified efforts to find a vaccine for a disease that has shut down Chinese cities and factories and could dam world's second-largest ecomy. Hubei province, epicentre of epidemic, reported 70 new deaths on Wednesday and 2,987 new confirmed cases - more than 80 per cent of total reported by Chinese authorities.

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(With ncy inputs)