Published 08:27 IST, February 3rd 2020
W.B govt identifies 8 passengers who travelled with coronavirus-affected Kerala student
The West Bengal Health Department on Sunday traced eight passengers who had travelled in the same flight as that of the coronavirus-affected Kerala resident
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West Bengal Health Department on Sunday traced eight passengers who h travelled in same flight as that of coronavirus-affected Kerala resident and landed at airport on January 23, a senior official said. se passengers were seated in two rows in front and behind Kerala resident's seat, he said.
While two passengers, who h landed at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on January 23, were identified as residents of Asansol and Odisha, details of or six were also traced on Sunday, West Bengal Director of Health Services Ajay Kumar Chakraborty said.
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Three passengers of that flight, who were sitting eir in front or back four seats of coronavirus affected-Kerala man, were identified as Chinese nationals, he said. One of passengers was from New Delhi, while two ors were from West Bengal, he ded. "All eight persons have been identified. three Chinese have returned to ir country and Delhi resident has also gone back home," Chakraborty told PTI.
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two from West Bengal have been vised to follow instructions of state health department, ar official said. "Blood specimens have been collected and sent for tests and y (passengers) have been sent to stay in isolation in ir respective homes. We are in touch with m," he said.
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first confirmed case of coronavirus was reported from Kerala on January 30 when a student studying in Wuhan University returned home. student, who h returned to Kerala from Wuhan via Kolkata, went to Thrissur General Hospital with possible symptoms of vel coronavirus and was quickly quarantined. A second case was reported from Kerala on Sunday as a person with a travel history to China tested positive for coronavirus.
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08:27 IST, February 3rd 2020