‘State prepared to handle any suspected case’

“We are following the protocol issued by the Union Health Ministry for screening and testing of samples. The state healthcare personnel are keeping a regular watch and getting day to day update on the changes in the body condition, if any. Samples of people who have travelled to Wuhan will be tested, however, clinically all the patients are normal,” said the Health Minister.

As Kerala has recorded second positive case of Coronavirus, the border areas are having stronger vigilance and people travelling from Kerala would be screened. Samples of people who have travelled to Wuhan would be tested, however, clinically all the patients are normal. The Kings Institute laboratory has begun the trials on Sunday and would be carrying out processing twice a day. The authorities said that there are adequate lab reagents available at the Institute and the results of the tests would be declared in 48 hours.

The patients who were earlier admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital remain under observation. State Health Department officials said that the persons admitted to isolation wards show no symptoms of Coronavirus and testing is to be done only for the Chinese national.