Coimbatore: Blood test results of six new patients, with suspected symptoms of Coronavirus are awaited as they've been kept under isolation.
Coimbatore: Blood test results of six new patients, with suspected symptoms of Coronavirus are awaited as they've been kept under isolation.
The six patients admitted to the Coimbatore ESI Hospital are from different places. One of them is a 40 year old person, a resident of Pollachi returned from Italy. Another patient is a 60 year-old woman, who travelled from Kottayam to Valparai, for a function and two travellers from France who landed at Mumbai and reached Coimbatore for Ayurvedic treatment were also admitted. A 15 year old boy who reached Mettupalayam from Sharjah and a 30 year old person from Udumalpet who returned from Singapore have also been quarantined. All the six patients are now admitted at the special Corona ward, at the ESI Hospital.
Out of the six patients, four blood samples have already been sent for testing and the results are awaited. The blood samples of the two patients from France are yet to be sent for testing, informed the Health Department Officials.
The government is undertaking various precautionary measures to prevent and contain the spread of the virus and actively monitoring travelers is one of the major activities that's conducted.