Published 12:35 IST, February 20th 2020
India''s third coronavirus patient discharged from hospital in Kerala
A woman medico, who was India's first novel coronavirus patient being treated at the Government Medical College hospital here was discharged on Thursday, official sources said
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A woman medico, who was India's first vel coronavirus patient being treated at Government Medical College hospital here was discharged on Thursday, official sources said.
decision to discharge her from hospital was taken by Medical Board, which met and examined results of woman's samples that h tested negative for second time, y said. discharge of student marked recovery of all three cases of infection in India reported from Kerala.
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Two or students one from Alappuzha and ar Kasaragod h been discharged recently after y too tested negative for virus in fresh tests days after being infected by it. woman, India's first coronavirus patient h been undergoing treatment in isolation ward of Medical College Hospital here since her return from Wuhan in China last month.
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All three Keralites h earlier tested positive for coronavirus on ir return from Wuhan, epicentre of dely outbreak that has left over 2,000 people de in China, triggering a scare in state. " health condition of third patient at Thrissur Medical College Hospital is satisfactory. second consecutive test result of blood sample of student, sent to National Institute of Virology in Pune, has returned negative," Health Minister K K Shailaja h said in a release on Wednesday.
health department has said a total of 2,242 people are under observation across state, out of which, eight are in isolation wards of various hospitals and or under home quarantine. student mitted to isolation ward of Alappuzha Medical College was discharged on February 6 while patient from Kasargod sent home five days later.
Earlier, after three students tested positive, government h declared coronavirus as a state calamity, but withdrew it after effective quarantine and fresh cases being reported.
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12:35 IST, February 20th 2020