Coronavirus: 406 people kept at ITBP facility test negative

NEW DELHI: Tests conducted for coronavirus on 406 people, who were evacuated to Delhi from China's Wuhan city to a ITBP facility here, have been negative till now, a senior official of the border guarding force said on Monday.
"Periodical medical checks are being done and all the tests conducted on the inmates for possible coronavirus exposure have been negative till now," an ITBP spokesperson said.
"Four isolation beds have been kept prepared at the facility in case it is required and doctors from AIIMS and Safdarjung are visiting regularly to assist the medical team of the force that is posted here round-the-clock," the spokesperson said.
A total of 406 people have been kept at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police facility in Chhawla area of the national capital after they were brought in two batches from Wuhan onboard separate Air India flights.
There are a total of 302 males, including three children, and 100 females, including a child, at this facility.
Two people were shifted from the Manesar facility to here on Sunday.
Seven Maldivian nationals are also part of this group. They were evacuated by the second AI flight and brought here on Sunday.
Apart from this facility, the rest have been kept at an another quarantine facility prepared by the Army in Manesar (Gurgaon).
As per Chinese government officials, the death toll in coronavirus epidemic has risen upto 361 in that country while the number of confirmed cases has climbed to 17,205.
India too has detected three cases of coronavirus and they have been reported from Kerala.
Wuhan, Hubei's capital, is the epicentre of the outbreak.