Telangana: One colleague of Coronavirus positive case found symptomatic, admitted

One of 25 colleagues of person who tested positive for Coronavirus in Telangana, has been found to be symptomatic and was admitted at RGICD, informed Telangana government. According to reports, colleague's samples have been sent for testing. 

A statement given by Telangana government read, "A detailed investigation was done to trace contacts of one person who was found positive in Telangana and it has been found that at his workplace in Bengaluru, 25 colleagues have been contacted and one is found to be symptomatic and admitted at RGICD." As per reports,  fumigation of workplace was also done on March 3. 

One person tested positive in Telangana

According to Telangana government, person who has been tested positive of COVID-19 on March 2 was travelling from Bengaluru to Secunderabad on February 21. As per reports, he is a software engineer working in Bengaluru who travelled to Dubai from Bengaluru on February 15. He stayed in Dubai from February 16 to February 19. Furr, after returning on February 20 to Bengaluru, he worked in office for a day on February 21 and he left for Hyderabad by private bus on same day in evening. 

Speaking about bus details, government's statement read, "Bus travel details from Bengaluru to Secundrabad --- bus has carried to 32 passengers and 23 passengers have been travelled in bus, out of which 20 passengers are traced and under house quarantined. bus driver is under isolation at Hyderabad.''

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Coronavirus cases rise in India 

On Wednesday, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan revealed that around 30 people had been confirmed Coronavirus-positive in country, including in New Delhi. He said that out se 16 were Italian nationals. y have been sent to Indo-Tibetan Border Police's (ITBP) quarantine facility in Chhawla. Following this, two more cases have come to light, including an employee of PayTm.

30 also include six family members of Delhi man who was infected with coronavirus who were also tested positive for virus that has killed more than 3,000 people globally so far.

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Coronavirus outbreak

According to latest reports, 53 new deaths in China due to coronavirus infections have been confirmed, taking total death toll to over 3,000. 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.

First detected in city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province of China, virus outbreak has w spread across 20 countries since December 2019.  World Health Organisation (WHO) has dubbed virus as COVID-19. 

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