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One Positive Case of Novel Coronavirus Detected in Indian State of Kerala

© REUTERS / Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDCThe ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020
The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020 - Sputnik International
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India has been taking all precautions to prevent the spread of the Novel Coronavirus, which has claimed 170 lives in neighbouring China. As many as 7,711 confirmed cases of the illness have been reported in China, of which 124 of the patients have reportedly recovered.

The first positive case of Novel Coronavirus has been reported in the southern Indian state of Kerala, the Indian ministry of health and family welfare said in a statement on Thursday.

The patient, who was studying at Wuhan University in China, is currently stable and is being closely monitored, the ministry said.

Soon after the reports of deaths in China from the Novel Coronavirus emerged, the Indian Civil Aviation Ministry called for the immediate implementation of an action plan including the screening of passengers arriving from China and Hong Kong at major airports across the country.

India’s Health Ministry has also issued a travel advisory and has asked designated airports to monitor passengers. The Indian government has organised all logistics support and made arrangements to screen air passengers in cities including Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.

The new coronavirus was first registered in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, with the epidemic leaving 170 people dead in China, and over 7,700 infected. The virus has already spread to over a dozen countries, including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Nepal and France, among others.

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