Three positive Corona virus cases in India

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New Delhi: Three Corona virus cases were reported in the country. The three cases were one in Delhi, one in Telangana and in Rajasthan.

According to the Union Health Minister Harshavardhan one person travelled from Italy to Delhi. Further details of his travels are being ascertained, said the Minister. The Air India crew who had flown to the Vienna- Delhi flight on February 25th on which the Delhi patient was the passenger have been asked to stay in isolation at their homes for fourteen days, officials said. Later in the day the Rajasthan Government announced that an Italian tourist who was admitted in Jaipur hospital, was tested positive for Covid- 19.

The Italian placed under isolation at the Sawai Man Singh Government hospital in Jaipur. He is a part of the group of twenty tourists, who are now in Agra in Uttar Pradesh. Aviation Regulator DGCA, meanwhile decided to expand the universal screening of all passengers arriving in flights from Italy and Iran besides the flights from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. The Union Health Minister advised people to take precautions and incase of symptoms of Corona virus report to the nearest public health facility. People may pose their queries at the Health Ministries 24X7 control room at 011-23978046 or email at ncov2019@gmail.com, he said.

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