Kerala Reports First Coronavirus Case In India

Female student from Wuhan University on heightened health vigil

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Kerala has declared a period of enhanced public health vigil close on the heels of the State reporting the country’s first known case of the nCoronavirus, on Thursday.

The patient has been identified as a female student from Wuhan University, the epicenter of the virus outbreak in China. The virus has infected 6,657 patients globally, according to the World Health Organization.

On Thursday morning, a Union government release confirmed that a female student from Kerala had tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus (2019 n-CoV). The patient is in isolation in a hospital, stable and being closely monitored. This was later confirmed by KK Shailaja, Kerala Health Minister while speaking to newspersons here. The Minister identified the hospital as the government general hospital in Thrissur but added that the Department of Health has decided to shift the patient to the Government Medical College for better management and monitoring.

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