COVID-19: Fifth case detected in Telangana

Hyderabad: Medical Health department had detected one more person of COVID-19 positive case, this time an Indonesian citizen on a visit to Karimnagar, taking the number of positive cases reported in Telangana to five.

According to the official sources, the person was part of a group of 10 people from Indonesia who were in Karimnagar for a religious meet. The group were travelling with three Indians and they are also under quarantine at Gandhi Hospital here.
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Health Minister Etala Rajender said the person had come along with the group to India on March 9 and took a train from Delhi and reached Hyderabad.

The Health Minister, who reviewed the COVID-19 preparedness on Tuesday, said all the contacts of four COVID-19 positive cases have tested negative. The first COVID-19 positive patient from Hyderabad with a travel history to Dubai had 88 contacts, the second patient, a 24-year-old girl with a travel history to Italy had 42 close contacts, the third one with a travel history to Netherlands had 69 persons who came in close contact with him while the fourth positive patient from Hyderabad with a travel history to Scotland had 11 close contacts.