Condition of coronavirus-hit man stable: Telangana minister

condition of man, who tested positive for vel Coronavirus, was stable and he is being treated in an isolated ward at state-run Gandhi hospital in city, Telangana Health Minister E Rajender said on Monday. 24-year-old man, a software engineer who works in Bengaluru, h worked with people from Hong Kong in Dubai last month where he is suspected to have contracted virus, Rajender told reporters.

man reached Bengaluru on February 19/20 and later came to Hyderab in a bus. He took treatment for fever after coming to Hyderab and was mitted to a private super speciality hospital in city. As it did t subside, he came to state-run Gandhi hospital on Sunday evening, Rajender said.

According to minister, government is tracking all those who came in contact with him, including family members besides those who travelled with him in bus and medical staff in private hospital where he was treated. state government would function as per guidelines of Centre, minister said. Rajender hoped that man would be cured as it happened in case of Indians who previously tested postive for virus.

state government has informed its counterparts in Karnataka about present case, he said, ding,arrangements were being me to ensure that virus does t spre. Two fresh cases of vel coronavirus - one in Delhi and ar in Telangana have been reported in India, taking number of people who have tested positive for respiratory virus in country to five so far, Union Health Ministry said on Monday.

infected person from Delhi recently travelled to Italy. dely virus, COVID-19, has killed 2,912 people in China and has spre to at least 58 countries. three people, which include two medical students of a university at Wuhan, who h earlier tested positive for virus in Thrissur, Alappuzuha and Kasaragod districts in Kerala were discharged following recovery.