Coronavirus: Punjab, Haryana isolate two individuals

Chandigarh: Two individuals with travel history to China have been kept under observation after they showed symptoms similar to coronavirus infection officials confirmed in Haryana and  Punjab.

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij stated no case of coronavirus has been reported so far in the state, Indian express reported.

“Of five passengers with travel history to China (in January), two have shown symptoms of the coronavirus infection and they have been kept in isolation wards,” said Vij.

Advisories have also been issued to all district hospitals while the Haryana government is in contact with international airport in Chandigarh and Delhi so that every person coming from China can be properly examined, he said.

Meanwhile, Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said 16 people in the state had returned from China recently and one of them who showed symptoms has been admitted to the PGIMER while the remaining 15 would be tracked for the 28 days, a health official said.

Sidhu further said, “Advisories have been issued at the Attari-Wagah border and Dera Baba Nanak, asking travellers to get themselves checked at the district hospitals.”

The state government has also installed thermal sensors at the Amritsar airport for the screening of passengers with Chandigarh International Airport to soon set up sensors.

“Although Mohali Airport doesn’t have direct flights from China and other affected countries, but the government has set up a health check point at Mohali Airport. This dedicated team screened the persons trevelling from the Sharjah and no suspected case has been found,” the officials said, adding the Department of Health was fully aware of the situation.

A 28-year-old Mohali resident admitted to PGIMER on Monday after he complained of fever, respiratory discomfort. The youth had returned from China last week.

He has been since then kept under isolation and his blood samples been sent for testing to the National Institute of Virology, Pune.

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