Punjab: 335 passengers with travel history to Coronavirus affected countries untraceable
The novel coronavirus that was declared an epidemic in China's Hubei province has now been spread across globally. Over 116 countries have been affected by COVID-19. Meanwhile, there are speculations that the symptoms of coronavirus, which is declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), are found in those who are returning from overseas.
Likewise, one case has been confirmed positive for coronavirus, out of the number of suspected cases found in Punjab. According to the bulletin released by the Punjab Health department, a total of 6,692 people have returned to Punjab from the affected countries.
The people coming to Punjab were being checked if they were diagnosed with coronavirus or not. Meanwhile, the Health and Family Welfare Department, Punjab, claimed in a bulletin that 335 passengers with a history of travel to coronavirus-affected-countries have gone untraceable. As of yesterday (March 13), a total of 6,011 passengers were traced out of 6,692 people.
Now, the question arises is where are these 335 passengers and why are they not traceable? Meanwhile, it is pertinent to mention that over 5,436 people have died due to coronavirus while the number of confirmed cases has climbed to 145,695.
As per the report, 72,536, coronavirus patients have been recovered. In the meanwhile, India confirmed two deaths, one in Karnataka and one in Delhi, so far, with 83 confirmed cases.
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-PTC News
