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By APD writer Rishika Chauhan
The three patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and were under treatment have recovered from the infection, according to recent reports.
The three were India's only positive COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases so far, and belonged to the province of Kerala. They were medical students who returned from Wuhan, earlier.
Kerala’s Finance Minister, Thomas Isaac, confirmed the news of their recovery on Twitter. He said: “Just as in the case of Nipah, Kerala has won the battle with coronavirus. All the three patients identified have been confirmed by central authorities to have fully recovered.”
The first two positive cases were reported from the districts of Thrissur and Alappuzha in Kerala. The third patient was from Kasargod and though recovered, remains under observation.
Kerala health officials had earlier informed that around 2,397 patients are under quarantine observation. Of them, 2,375 are quarantined at home and 22 are under isolation in hospitals.
Citing the growing number of people under observation, Kerala government had declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a state disaster on February 3. The authorities took the decision after the third case was reported.
Kerala had taken the decision after the number of positive cases rose to three. However, as no other confirmed cases were reported, the declaration was withdrawn last week.
Meanwhile, people in many other cities have also been quarantined. So far in Maharashtra, four people have been quarantined and admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College in Nagpur on suspicion of having caught the infection.
In Delhi around 16 people are under observation. According to the Ministry of Health, across the country 9,452 persons are under surveillance, most of them are quarantined in their homes.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has assured that the central government, was taking preventive measures to check an outbreak.
So far, 1,118 flights have been screened. The Ministry of Health has also issued a travel advisory staying the issuing of Visas to passengers travelling from the regions where the incidence of the infection is high.
Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially named the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The disease is called “COVID-19”; the “CO” stands for coronavirus, “VI” for virus and “D” for disease. While, the coronavirus is called “nCoV-2019”, by WHO.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
