India has first case of coronavirus as student returns from Wuhan
A total of 806 people recently returned from China are under observation in Kerala, India for any signs of the virus
30 January 2020 - 15:22
Bengaluru — India reported its first case of the new coronavirus on Thursday, saying a woman in the southern state of Kerala had tested positive in an outbreak that originated in China, killing 170 people, and spread abroad.
The patient is an Indian student of Wuhan University in China, India’s government said in a statement, adding the patient is stable and in isolation in hospital. The central Chinese city of Wuhan is the epicentre of the outbreak...
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