PUNE: As many as 56 of the total 60 quarantined travellers have tested negative for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Maharashtra since January 18. Reports of four travellers, who are currently quarantined in Pune, Mumbai and Sangli, are awaited.
State health officials have started screening and tracking travellers arriving from Japan and South Korea, besides China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand, in the wake of the coronavirus threat.
In addition to Pune, Mumbai and Thane, travellers are also being monitored in Nanded, Buldhana, Nagpur, Wardha, Sangli, Ahmednagar, Amaravati, Palghar, Jalgaon, Chandrapur and Satara districts, health officials stated.
A total of 36,028 passengers returning from China and other affected countries have been screened at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) since January 18.
Of them, 216 travellers were put under 14-day surveillance and 60 were quarantined in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur as well as other parts of the state after they developed flu-like symptoms.
“Of the 60 travellers, who developed minor illnesses, 56 have tested negative for the coronavirus infection in the state and the reports of four traveller are awaited as yet,” state surveillance officer Pradip Awate said.
When it comes to Pune, 23 travellers, including a child and a couple, were quarantined at the civic-run Naidu Hospital over the last three weeks after they complained of minor illness. “All of them have tested negative for the virus and they have been discharged,” Ramchandra Hankare, the Pune Municipal Corporation’s health department chief, said.
State health officials have started screening and tracking travellers arriving from Japan and South Korea, besides China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand, in the wake of the coronavirus threat.
In addition to Pune, Mumbai and Thane, travellers are also being monitored in Nanded, Buldhana, Nagpur, Wardha, Sangli, Ahmednagar, Amaravati, Palghar, Jalgaon, Chandrapur and Satara districts, health officials stated.
A total of 36,028 passengers returning from China and other affected countries have been screened at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) since January 18.
Of them, 216 travellers were put under 14-day surveillance and 60 were quarantined in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur as well as other parts of the state after they developed flu-like symptoms.
“Of the 60 travellers, who developed minor illnesses, 56 have tested negative for the coronavirus infection in the state and the reports of four traveller are awaited as yet,” state surveillance officer Pradip Awate said.
When it comes to Pune, 23 travellers, including a child and a couple, were quarantined at the civic-run Naidu Hospital over the last three weeks after they complained of minor illness. “All of them have tested negative for the virus and they have been discharged,” Ramchandra Hankare, the Pune Municipal Corporation’s health department chief, said.
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