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Coronavirus: 30-year-old quarantined at Naidu Hospital in Pune
The patient had travelled to Beijing on December 28 and returned on January 22. He started showing symptoms of cold, cough and fever from January 23 and was admitted to hospital
A 30-year-old male with suspected symptoms of the novel coronavirus has been quarantined at the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) Naidu Hospital on Saturday.
The patient had travelled to Beijing on December 28 and returned on January 22. He started showing symptoms of cold, cough and fever from January 23 and was admitted to Naidu Hospital at 6.30 pm on Saturday, according to officials of the health department.
Since the outbreak of the virus, at least six people have been admitted to the Naidu hospital with possible symptoms of the coronavirus infection in the city. Out of the total, two have been discharged, three who tested negative for the virus will be discharged soon and sample of one patient who was admitted on Saturday, will be sent to National Institute of Virology (NIV) by Sunday.
Meanwhile, the state health department stated that 15 suspected coronavirus patients who were quarantined have tested negative for any trace of the virus by the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.
At least 5,128 passengers have been screened at Mumbai international airport for the virus as of January 3.
Out of the total passengers screened 38 are from Maharashtra out of which 15 showed symptoms for being infected with the virus. These passengers showed mild symptoms of cold, cough and fever and were quarantined at various government hospitals in the state, mainly in Mumbai’s Kasturba hospital and Pune’s Naidu hospital.
Out of the five isolated in Mumbai, three were discharged on Saturday.
Two patients quarantined at Nanded and Nagpur government hospitals were also discharged on Saturday.
