This is because a discharge policy has not been put in place for such cases. However, they cannot be discharged because the health department does not have a discharge policy for nCoV. “This is the first time that we are facing this new strain of coronavirus, so we don’t have the discharge policy in place. The state health department expects NIV’s report to arrive on Sunday. On January 9, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus in Wuhan city, China.

Source: Hindustan Times January 25, 2020 17:50 UTC