5 more test +ve in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi : Five more people from Kerala, three with recent travel history to Italy, have tested positive for coronavirus following which the state has been put on high alert, Health Minister K K Shailaja said here on Sunday.

The three, a couple and their son, had evaded health screening at the airport on their return about a week ago and all the five hail from Ranni in Pathnamthitta district, she said. "As of now their condition is stable. But there is need to take extra care", the minister said.

The fresh cases have been reported days after the southern state had successfully treated India's first three coronavirus patients -medical students from Wuhan- who have been discharged from hospitals.

Their home quarantine period is also over. While the three, a couple in their fifties and their 24-year old son, had taken a flight from Italy to India on February 29, two others affected are their relatives, the minister said.

As a matter of abundant caution, two nonagenerian members of the family will be shifted to the Kottayam Medical College hospital, she added.

The three, who had returned from Venice, had not informed authorities that they had come back from Italy. When two of their relatives had sought treatment at private and taluk hospitals with virus symptoms, the health authorities came to know about the travel history of the people who returned to Italy.

Some sellers on etailers like Flipkart are quoting 16 times the maximum retail price for a 30 ml bottle of hand sanitizer amid the spread of the highly contagious Novel Coronavirus. Health experts have advised people to keep their hands clean as it may help reduce the risk of contracting the virus.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said there were 3 new coronavirus cases reported in the national capital.Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal"Delhi has 3 positive cases and 1 suspected case of coronavirus.

The first patient came in contact with 105 people, the second patient came in contact with 168 people and 3rd patient came in contact with 64 people.

All these people have been home quarantined and their samples were taken for further investigations," the Chief Minister said.India has 42 confirmed cases of deadly coronavirus.

The disease has caused deaths of 3200 people globally. Iran reported highest dingle-day death toll with 49 new fatalities.

The death toll from coronavirus in the United States rose to 19, as authorities announced two deaths in Florida, the first US deaths outside the west coast, two more in Washington state – and the governor of New York declared a state of emergency.

Across the country, there were at least 400 confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and local governments.

More than 3,000 people remained quarantined on the Grand Princess, a cruise ship moored off the coast of San Francisco, California, as authorities tested crew members and passengers among those from 50 countries onboard.

Andrew Cuomo, New York state's governor, announced there were at least 76 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the State as of early Saturday afternoon, a jump of 21 overnight, and that he was declaring a state of emergency, which allows a state to take special control of funds and resources.

Pope Francis expressed solidarity with the victims of the novel coronavirus in his first livestreamed prayer and message from the Vatican.

"I am close through prayer with the people who suffer from the current coronavirus epidemic," the 83-year-old pope said in a message recorded at the Vatican library and aired live on a screen on Saint Peter's Square before a small crowd.

Bangladesh confirmed its first three cases of coronavirus in the country, according to a media report. The affected-- two men and a woman-- were found positive for the coronavirus infection on Saturday, the Dhaka Tribune reported.