Mumbai (Maharashtra): A fresh case of coronavirus popped up in Mumbai where a 36-year-old man has been admitted in the isolation
ward of a civic-run hospital on suspicion of possible exposure to the novel coronavirus, officials said on Monday.
The man, a resident of Tardeo in south Mumbai, is currently kept under observation at Kasturba Hospital in the city, they informed.
Three persons were admitted last week in the hospital for possible exposure to the virus strain after the screening of passengers was done at the Mumbai airport.
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All three were hospitalized as precautionary measure officials had said on January 25.
As of January 24 some 2,700 passengers had undergone thermal screening at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after the outbreak of a new coronavirus was reported in China's Wuhan city.
However, no case of coronavirus infection has been found in Maharashtra yet.
The coronavirus is a large family of viruses that causes illnesses ranging from the common cold to acute respiratory syndromes, but the virus in China is a novel strain and not seen before. It has killed 26 people so far and has caused alarm because of its similarity to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).
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