14 Italians Tested Positive of COVID-19 in India

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) onWednesday said that 15 Italian tourists have tested positive for Coronavirusand the group has been quarantined at an ITBP facility in New Delhi.

The development comes a day after an Italian touristin Jaipur was tested positive for coronavirus and his wife showed initialsymptoms of the virus. The Italian couple was part of a tourist group who cameto visit Rajasthan.

According to the AIIMS, the tourists have been kept inpreventive isolation since Tuesday afternoon.

However, the concerned tourists will go throughfurther rounds of medical examination as they have shown initial symptoms ofthe infection.

India reported 6 confirmed cases of coronavirus tillTuesday, including three from Kerala, who were initially tested positive andhave recovered.

Meanwhile, Union Minister of Health Harshvardhan saidthat the ministry of health affairs has asked the Delhi government to ensurethat all hospitals must provide high-quality isolation facilities for suspectedcoronavirus cases.

He further stated that the case in Delhi was incontact with 68 people. The health ministry has also called for a high-levelmeeting at 3 pm to discuss the issue.

The minister also said that all flights from abroadwill be screened. Moreover, 6 more cases, relatives of Delhi resident confirmedpositive for COVID-19 and on conducting contact tracing of the person testedpositive in Delhi, it has come to light that he infected 6 members of hisfamily who are in Agra. All 6 members tested positive for coronavirus, saidHarsh Vardhan while briefing the media.

So far, there have been 28 cases of coronavirus inIndia.