Coronavirus: All 6 samples from Noida test negative, say officials

Six people from ida, including three children, whose samples were taken to check for coronavirus infection have tested negative, officials said on Wednesday.

six have, however, been kept self-quarantined at ir homes for next 14 days and if symptoms for COVID-19 develop, y would be retested, officials said.

Among those whose samples were taken on Tuesday were a couple and ir 12-year-old son, and a woman and her two children, d 12 and five, according to ida Health department sources.

se six h come in contact with a Delhi-based man who has tested positive for coronavirus infection during a party thrown by him on February 28.

"On Coronavirus issue, samples taken from six contacts in ida have tested negative but y will need to be under home quarantine for next 14 days and if symptoms develop, can be retested again," District Magistrate B N Singh said in a statement.

He ded government and ministration were monitoring situation, stressing that re was need to panic.

"ministration has t given any school closure order," Singh said, a day after two schools suspended classes for a few days over virus scare and news of or schools spre across ida and Greater ida also closing down.

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ida Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Anuraag Bhargava said re was need for anyone to be worried as samples of suspected virus carriers have tested negative.

"For precaution sake, people should ensure y wash ir hands regularly and t touch ir eyes, mouth or se with dirty hands. If y have cough, fever or difficulty in breathing -- three symptoms of coronavirus, y must at once seek medical help," CMO ded.

Two ida schools h on Tuesday anunced ir closure in messs sent to parents, a day after Union Health Ministry reported two fresh cases of coronavirus in country -- one of m in Delhi.

One of schools, where infected Delhi man's son is a primary class student, said it will remain shut from March 4 to March 6. A Health Department team h later on Tuesday fumigated and sanitised campus of school.

or school h suspended all classes till March 9 on its own, officials said.

possibility of a coronavirus outbreak h triggered wide-spre panic in ida, on outskirts of Delhi, as hundreds of people rushed to pharmacies to buy safety masks and hand-sanitisers.

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