Coronavirus cases surge to 19 in Telangana

Coronavirus cases have surged to 19 in Telangana with two more testing positive. According to reports, Two Indonesians, aged 27 and 60, were found positive for coronavirus. They are undergoing treatment at government-run Fever Hospital and their condition is said to be stable. With this, the total number of infected Indonesians have gone to 10. The 10-member group, said to be preachers, had stayed in Karimnagar town for two days.

Earlier in the day, an 18-year-old woman who recently arrived from London, was tested positive. According to the health department, the woman, a resident of Hyderabad, was referred from a private hospital and was admitted to the Chest Hospital. Her condition is reportedly stable. For nearly a week, the state has been reporting COVID-19 positive cases every day. Three cases were reported on Thursday. Two of them had recently returned from London.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao decided to visit Karimnagar on Saturday to instil confidence among the people and also monitor the measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19. He is likely to visit the locality where the Indonesians stayed and also hold a review meeting with the officials. The Chief Minister on Thursday announced new measures to combat the coronavirus. He announced that all those who returned from abroad after March 1 would be screened. He asked all such people to report to authorities and announced setting up of committees at village and town level to identify foreign returnees and place them under isolation. Any person who has returned from any foreign country or has been in transit shall be in self home quarantine for 14 days from the time of arrival in India, irrespective of having any symptoms or not, the Health department said.

Any person who has been in contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 must also remain in home isolation for 14 days.