New Delhi: Amid fears of novel coronavirus, five more suspected cases of coronavirus have come to Delhi's Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, that makes a total of 13 suspected cases which are admitted to the hospital.
The samples of the five suspected cases have been sent to Pune for testing.
There were a total of 6 suspected cases as on January 30, including 4 males, 1 female and one old admission. The 24-year old female suspected patient had been residing in China since 2015. She returned on January 29. While others were staying in China for as long as 7 years, some of them were in China for over two months.
All the samples have been sent and reports are awaited of all the suspected patients. Meanwhile, the first flight carrying 324 Indians on board landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here at 9:26 am on Saturday. Of the 324 passengers, three are minors and 211 are students.
Of the 324 passengers, 95 were taken from the Airport to Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Chhawla Camp in Delhi, for medical observation at the camp.
The dreaded virus started spreading from China's Wuhan city. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced that the death toll in the country has increased to 259, with 11,791 infected cases in 31 provincial-level regions.
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