'Kerala awaits test reports to confirm new Coronavirus case': State Health Min Shailaja

After Kera reported its second positive case of Coronavirus on Sunday, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja dressed a media briefing and said that  patient has been mitted to Alappuzha Medical College and is currently undergoing treatment in an isolated ward.

ding furr to her statement, KK Shailaja stated that government and health department are awaiting test reports from National Institute of Virology, Pune. She furr said that confirmation can be given only after receiving report. 

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Kerala reports second Coronavirus case 

Earlier on Sunday, India reported its second case of vel coronavirus. As per officials, infected person from Kerala has a travel history to China and has been tested positive.

" patient has tested positive for vel coronavirus and is in isolation in a hospital," health ministry h said. India's first vel coronavirus case in India was also reported from Kerala.

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Evacuation amid pandemic fears

government of India have started evacuating its citizens from China with its first Air Inda flight bringing back 324 citizens on Saturday. Sri Lanka, Banglesh, Turkey, Germany h also evacuated its citizens on Saturday. Multiple countries across world have t only started evacuating it's citizens from country but have also started imposing travel restrictions for Chinese nationals and those coming from country. Countries such as Russia, Australia, and US have imposed a travel ban and have also closed borders for those coming from China.

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Global health emergency

World Health Organisation (WHO) has w declared coronavirus outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). After second meeting of International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding outbreak of vel coronavirus, committee ackwledged that human-to-human transmission has occurred outside Wuhan and China. 

WHO Director-General Tedros ham Ghebreyesus congratulated Chinese government for ‘extraordinary measures’ it took to contain virus, despite severe social and ecomic impact those measures are having on Chinese people. “We don’t kw what sort of dam this coronavirus could do if it were to spre in a country with a weaker health system. We must act w to help countries prepare for that possibility," said Ghebreyesus during press conference after meeting.

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(With inputs from ANI / PTI)