Kerala has also gotten to permission to test samples of the suspected Coronavirus cases at the National Institute of Virology in Alappuzha instead of NIV Pune, Shailaja said . While most people are under home quarantine, 75 are in isolation wards in different hospitals, the state health ministry’s medical bulletin said. With Kerala reporting its second case of novel coronavirus , the state is focusing on increasing arrangements at hospitals and setting up more isolation wards. She is under treatment in an isolation ward at the Thrissur medical college hospital. The Kerala health minister said they had started the process to identify people who may have come in contact the two virus-infected patients.

Source: Huffington Post February 03, 2020 06:22 UTC