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Added on : 2020-03-09 11:13:07

The total number of people affected with coronavirus is now 41, after a 63-year-old woman tested positive for coronavirus, making her the first confirmed case in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. This morning, a three-year old in Kerala also tested positive of the virus. Yesterday, five of a family in Kerala tested positive. The state health minister said three of the affected persons returned from Italy and did not declare it at the airport, which is why they were not screened. The Centre has also denied entry to any foreign cruise ships to dock at Indian ports till March 31 in the wake of the coronavirus scare.

The total number of people affected with coronavirus is now 41, after a 63-year-old woman tested positive for coronavirus, making her the first confirmed case in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. This morning, a three-year old in Kerala also tested positive of the virus. Yesterday, five of a family in Kerala tested positive. The state health minister said three of the affected persons returned from Italy and did not declare it at the airport, which is why they were not screened. The Centre has also denied entry to any foreign cruise ships to dock at Indian ports till March 31 in the wake of the coronavirus scare.

Editor & Publisher : Dr Dhimant Purohit

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