Three people, including two medical students, are under observation after their recent return from China where the novel coronavirus has claimed 132 lives so far, officials said on Wednesday.
Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar told reporters here that the three — a businessman and two students purusuing
medicine — had reported their travel history to China and have been kept under home quarantine as a precautionary measure.
The businessman hails from Karaikal while the students belong to Puducherry and Karaikal.
The director said although “none of them is symptomatic, they have all been kept under home quarantine as a precautionary measure. They would be under the supervision of surveillance officers for 28 days.”