All 406 people, who were quarantined at an ITBP facility here after being brought back from Wuhan, have tested negative for novel coronavirus in the latest sample examination and will be discharged in a phased manner beginning Monday.
The final samples of all the inmates of the Indo
Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) quarantine facility here were collected by a team of doctors on Friday.
The final coronavirus test reports of all 406 people have been found negative, an ITBP spokesperson said on Sunday.
All 406 persons are going to be discharged in a phased manner from Monday onwards based on the advisory issued by the Ministry of Health with due medical procedures and protocols, he said.
The group includes seven persons from Maldives which was taken to the ITBP facility on February 1 and February 2 are being looked after at Chhawla quarantine facility of ITBP by the expert team of Doctors and medical professionals. The quarantined group includes seven children including an infant.
A total of 650 persons were brought back from Wuhan, China on February 1 and 2 in two 747 Boeing aircraft by Air India following the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in China. While 406 were quarantined at the ITBP facility, rest were housed at an Army centre at Manesar in Gurgaon.
The death toll from COVID-19 outbreak in China has surged to 1,665 after 142 more people died, mostly in the worst-hit Hubei province, according to reports quoting Chinese officials.
There have been 68,500 cases so far in China, the epicnetre of the outbreak.
India has so far reported three confirmed cases of the virus, all in Kerala. One of the three medical students, who had tested positive for novel coronavirus infection has been discharged after recovery at a Kerala hospital.
Passengers arriving in flights from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Japan and South Korea are being screened for possible exposure to the respiratory virus at 21 identified airports in India.