Coronavirus update: 23-year-old tests positive, first case in Chandigarh
- A 23-year-old woman, with a travel history to the United Kingdom, has tested positive for coronavirus
- Not a single suspected coronavirus patient is either missing or absconding in Punjab, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu clarified
Chandigarh: A 23-year-old woman, with a travel history to the United Kingdom, has tested positive for coronavirus in Chandigarh.
The woman, a resident of Chandigarh who returned to Amritsar airport on March 15 developed fever and cold on Monday, which later subsided.
However, her samples tested positive as per reports received from the Department of Virology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh.
As of Wednesday, there were 151 cases of coronavirus in the country, including 25 foreign nationals. Three persons have died due to the infection so far in the country.
Several states have already ordered the closure of all places of public gatherings including schools, colleges, clubs, swimming pools etc.
Not a single suspected COVID-19 case missing: Punjab govt
Not a single suspected coronavirus patient is either missing or absconding in Punjab, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu clarified on Wednesday evening, categorically rejecting media reports to the contrary as "irresponsible and incorrect".
The 167 missing persons referred to by the Ludhiana civil surgeon were not COVID-19 suspected cases but were merely people with foreign travel history who could not be traced due to incomplete contact details shared by the government of India, said Sidhu, amid reports suggesting that they were suspected coronavirus cases who had absconded or gone missing.
All these persons had already been screened at the airports in Delhi, said the minister, adding that since the coronavirus outbreak, the government of India is sharing reports of passengers with international travel with all the states, including Punjab.A
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First Published:19 Mar 2020, 09:33 AM IST
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