Coronavirus outbreak: Telangana Health Min says 'No positive cases in State'

Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajender on Tuesday urged people to remain calm as positive cases of vel Coronavirus have been reported in state. According to him, suspected person who h returned from Dubai has been tested negative. 

He said, "re is need to panic. Today we have done second test of suspected patients and reports will be out tomorrow. As we have to discharge him after 14 days, we have kept him in isolation and he will be discharged after 4 days." 

On preventive measures 

According to health minister, all  necessary measures and special digital rmal screening for all passengers are being done at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA). Speaking to media, he said, "We guided airport authorities to take complete details of people who are coming back to India from abro also who went for studies and working in abro. We are scanning m appropriately with rmal scanner. 200 staff members, 2 doctors, and 2 nurses are working near all air bridges round clock."

According to him, y have scanned 41,102 members as of w at airport out of which 271 were doubtful but y turned out to be negative. Lauding government's efforts, Rajender furr ded, " central minister assured today that y are conducting screening tests at all domestic airports. Kerala government has arranged for isolation in all districts. We arranged in Hyderab. At present we have intensive care units arranged for swine flu and arranged in such a way that we can use m if necessary."

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India's Coronavirus count rises 

Fourteen more people have tested positive for coronavirus -- eight in Kerala and three each in Karnataka and Maharashtra, state authorities said on Tuesday as number of such cases went up to 61. Amid COVID-19 scare, a combination of two anti-HIV drugs was used for first time in India in treatment of two patients.

health ministry said total number of confirmed cases has risen to 50, ding rest are being retested for confirmation. If fresh cases declared by state governments are taken into account, figure goes up to 61.

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vel Coronavirus outbreak

According to latest reports, has claimed more than 4,200 lives across globe and has infected over 110,000 people around world since it first broke out in December 2019. While most of cases are from Hubei province of China and city of Wuhan ( epicentre of outbreak), or countries including Iran, Italy, Japan, and Philippines have also reported deaths related to vel Coronavirus.

Meanwhile, World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that COVID-19 'pandemic threat is real' as virus continues to spre worldwide. First detected in city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province of China, virus outbreak has w spre across 100 countries since December 2019. World Health Organisation (WHO) has dubbed virus as COVID-19.

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(With ANI Inputs)