An Indian student admitted to a hospital in Kerala with novel coronavirus was discharged on Sunday, ANI reported, citing the Ministry of H...
An Indian student admitted to a hospital in Kerala with novel coronavirus was discharged on Sunday, ANI reported, citing the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The student was discharged after two consecutive test results came negative.
Altogether, three positive coronavirus cases in India till now have been reported from the southern state. The student from Kasargod is the second patient to be discharged in the last four days. The patient will, however, be under home isolation for 10 days.
The student had been in quarantine for 18 days. “She is stable and doesn’t have any health issues now,” Kasargode District Medical Officer in charge Dr Ramdas AV told The News Minute. “There is no need for any medication either.”
More than 2,000 people are still under observation for the virus in the state, reported The Hindu. Of the 2,210 people under surveillance in several districts, 16 people were in isolation wards in hospitals and the remaining 2,194 are in home quarantine, said Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja. Of the 415 samples sent for testing to Pune, a total of 396 turned out to be negative and the results of the remaining were awaited.
On Thursday, a medical student was discharged after his two consecutive samples sent for testing at the National Institute of Virology in Pune turned out...
