India / India's 2nd coronavirus case confirmed in Kerala

The Quint : Feb 02, 2020, 01:16 PM
India’s second confirmed case of coronavirus has been detected in Kerala. The patient, with a travel history to China, has been kept in isolation in the hospital; is stable and is being closely monitored, reported ANI.

The first novel coronavirus case in India was also reported from Kerala with a student testing positive.

India on Sunday, 2 February airlifted a second batch of 323 stranded Indians and seven Maldivian citizens from China's coronavirus-hit Wuhan city, taking the total number of people evacuated to 654, officials told PTI.

Four Indians could not board the second flight after they reported high temperatures.

Meanwhile, the death toll in China's coronavirus has jumped to 304 with the number of cases climbing to 14,380, Chinese health officials said on Sunday.

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