One Case of Coronavirus in India: Health Ministry Confirms
The union Home Health ministry confirmed the first case of Coronavirus infection in a student who came back to Kerala from China's Wuhan tested positive for the infection.
In an official statement, the ministry said, "One positive case of novel coronavirus patient, of a student studying in Wuhan University, has been reported in Kerala."
"The patient has tested positive for novel coronavirus and is in isolation in the hospital,” the health ministry further added.
Health officials said that the student is stable and is being closely monitored along with that isolation wards are ready in all hospitals and medical colleges in the state.
The state is on high alert after the detection of the first case in the country and in all 806 people are under observation in Kerala.