ON Friday, Odisha reported the first suspected case of novel coronavirus (nCoV) as a medical student, who recently returned from China, presented himself before the health officials at Kandhamal on Friday for tests after developing certain symptoms.
The 21-year-old from Phulbani town studies MBBS at Southwest Medical University in the Luzhou City of Sichuan Province. He had returned from China on January 11 and his health was not screened at the airport as screening of passengers started only after January 20.
While his family members are scared as has fallen sick twice after returning from China, he has been moved to an isolation ward at the District Headquarters Hospital at Kandhamal even as the health officials are in a spot over management of the case.
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