Coronavirus alert: 83 under home isolation

Bengaluru: The state Health and Family Welfare Services department is observing 83 people across the state under home isolation for coronavirus symptoms.

“We are observing 83 people across the state, including in Bengaluru, Tumkur and Mysuru, for coronavirus symptoms,” the department’s communicable diseases wing joint director Prakash Kumar was quoted speaking to IANS.

So far no positive coronavirus case has been reported from Karnataka yet.

Meanwhile, State Health and Family Welfare Services Commissioner Pankaj Pandey had convened a meeting of health officials to review the situation and reinforce coronavirus surveillance and control measures in the districts bordering Kerala as well as the entire state.

Starting January 20 till Wednesday, 10,184 passengers have undergone thermal screening for coronavirus at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA).

Of all the people screened at the airport, only three people had a history of visiting coronavirus epicentre Wuhan in China.

In Bengaluru, flights arriving from China have been cancelled from February 1.