Kerala lifts nCoV state calamity alert as no cases reported in last few days
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7: The Kerala government on Friday withdrew the 'state calamity' warning issued in the wake of the novel coronavirus (nCoV) scare as no new positive cases of infection were detected over the last few days, even as over 3,000 people are still under observation.
State Health minister K K Shailaja said of the 3,014 people under watch, 2,953 were home quarantined and 61 in hospitals due to minor symptoms of the virus.
"We have received the result of the repeat sample of the positive patient in Alappuzha, which was sent for retesting at the National Institute of Virology in Pune. It came out negative.
Considering all these circumstances, the government has decided to withdraw the 'state calamity' alert. But that does not mean that we are lowering our guard. The (28-day) quarantine period will continue.
Those who come from the affected areas will still have to report to health officials," Shailaja told reporters.
The state had on February 3 declared the novel coronavirus epidemic as a "state calamity" with a third student testing positive for the infection.
India's all three positive coronavirus cases so far-- reported from Thrissur, Alappuzuha and Kasaragod districts-- are Keralite students, two of them medicos, of a university at Wuhan, the epicentre of the nCoV.
Shailaja on Friday said the department had earlier identified those who came into close contact with the three and all their samples tested negative.
"Of the samples of the 72 Wuhan-returnees, including the three positive cases, 67 came out negative and results of two more are pending," the minister said.
The test results of those Keralites who are staying in Delhi camps also came out negative, she added.
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SRH beat CSK by 10 runs
Hyderabad (PTI): Nitish Kumar Reddy and Eshan Malinga shared five wickets between them as hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs in their IPL match here on Saturday.
Defending 195, Hyderabad restricted struggling CSK to 184 for eight. CSK have crashed to fourth defeat in six matches.
Abhishek Sharma (59) and Heinrich Klaasen (59) took CSK to 194 for nine with their splendid batting. For CSK, Jamie Overton and Anshul Kamboj picked up three wickets apiece while Mukesh Choudhary bagged two.
Brief Scores:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 194 for 9 in 20 overs (Abhishek Sharma 59, Heinrich Klaasen 59; Jamie Overton 3/37, Anshul Kamboj 3/22).
Chennai Super Kings: 184 for 8 in 20 overs. (Ayush Mhatre 30, Matthew Short 34; E Malinga 3/29, N Reddy 2/31).
