After screening as many as 20,844 passengers from 96 flights for Novel Coronavirus symptoms today (January 26), no cases of nCoV has been detected, Ministry of Health informed.However, the Health Ministry stated that three persons have been put under observation. Earlier, the ministry reported that it is closely reviewing public health preparedness in the country after news of the outbreak of the virus in China. Ministry of Health apprised the Ministry of External Affairs about the issue, and immigration officers at the airports have been sensitized about the outbreak. "Ms Preeti Sudan, Secretary (HFW), Government of India, is regularly reviewing the public health preparedness in the country since the news broke out. As directed by the Health Ministry, meetings of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) were convened under the Chairmanship of Director General of Health Services (DGHS) on 8thand 15th January 2020 with representations from various stakeholders (health and non-health sectors) and WHO," a press release by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated.

Source: dna January 24, 2020 14:48 UTC