Reportedly following the outbreak of coronavirus in china, four people who traveled from the country to hyderabad have gotten themselves admitted to the Nallakunta Fever Hospital (Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases). Meanwhile according to hospital authorities, the four individuals hail from telangana and had gone on a trip to china earlier this month. Following the outbreak and the issued health advisories, they decided to admit themselves to the hospital and get screened.
Dr K Shankar, superintendent of the hospital said "On saturday we have admitted one person , the samples which were sent to pune National Institute of Virology (NIV). Three others were admitted on sunday without symptoms given their travel history". He further noted that the samples of two of the individuals returned negative and they were sent home. The other individuals continue to remain in the isolation ward at the hospital and are under observation. Earlier last week another suspected case was sent home after tests came back negative.
Moreover in the meantime, an expert team of doctors from delhi AIIMS is expected to make a visit to the fever hospital to further assess the situation. Officials have directed the Nallakunta Fever Hospital, gandhi Hospital and a few others to arrange for special isolation wards to oversee any potential cases of coronavirus. Currently the virus is assumed to be transmitted to individuals via close contact with an infected person. However new reports are showing that the virus may be spread from carriers who might not be showing any signs of an infection themselves, but are hosts to the virus. The most common symptoms of an infection are fever, cough, cold and runny nose. Breathing difficulties may be seen in more severe cases.
