New Delhi: Six people self reported to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital with respiratory problems and fever, hospital sources said.
They are suspected of being affected by the Novel Coronavirus and have been kept under isolation ward. Their test reports are being awaited, hospital sources said on Friday.
Among the six, a female (24) has been staying in China since 2015 and had returned to India on January 29.
Apart from the female patient, four men, one aged 45-years, returned to India on January 23 while another (35) has been staying in China for the last seven years and returned to India on January 28.
Another male (19) was in China from November 2019 to January 24, 2020 and returned to India on January 25 while another (34) who was staying in China for the last 10 years, returned to India on January 16.
The remaining one is an old admission, a male (32), who visited China from January 4 to January 11, officials said.
Apart from putting measures in place to battle the spread at home, the government is also getting ready to evacuate its nationals on Friday from China, which continued to scramble to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
The ministry has asked people to refrain from travelling to China and the states bordering Nepal, Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar, West Bengal, and Sikkim.
Intern Anhaar Majid