JOIN USFinal test of 406 people who returned from Wuhan found to be negative
All 406 people, who are housed at an ITBP quarantine facility after being brought back from Wuhan, have tested negative for novel Coronavirus in the latest sample examination and will be discharged in a phased manner beginning on Monday, officials said.
The final samples of all the people quarantined at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) facility here were collected by a team of doctors on Friday. The final coronavirus test reports of all 406 people have been found negative, an ITBP spokesperson said on Sunday.
All 406 persons are going to be discharged in a phased manner from Monday onwards based on the advisory issued by the Ministry of Health with due medical procedures and protocols, he said.
There are seven children including an infant in the group. A total of 650 people were brought back from Wuhan in China on February 1 and 2 in two 747 Boeing Air India aircraft after the outbreak.
One more discharged
One more Coronavirus infected youth in Kerala was discharged from hospital on Sunday after being tested negative for the virus infection.
The youth who was under isolation at Kanhangad government hospital at Kasargod would be kept under home quarantine for some more days.
(With inputs from PTI)