Pune resident admitted to city-based quarantine facility over suspected coronavirus infection, was returning from Phillippines

Pune: A 26-year-old man from Pune in Maharashtra, who recently returned from Philippines via Hong Kong and Singapore, was on Saturday evening admitted in the quarantine facility for suspected novel Coronavirus infection. [caption id=“attachment_8008251” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Indian nationals who were airlifted from China’s Wuhan undergo tests inside a quarantine facility set by up ITBP at Chhawla area of New Delhi. PTI[/caption] The man developed symptoms like bodyache and weakness on 7 February, an official of the civic-run Naidu Hospital informed. “New admission after 7:00 pm. 26/m Pune resident who had stayed in Philippines for 28 days and transit at Hong Kong and Singapore before his arrival in India on 2/2/2020,” reads a message sent to PTI by the official. Since 18 January, a total of 35 patients were admitted to isolation wards at hospitals in Mumbai, Pune, Ahmednagar and a few other cities. Samples of 30 of these patients tested negative for the virus, while reports of five others were yet to be received from Pune-based National Institute of Virology, an official statement had said. Of the total 18,084 passengers screened at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai since 18 January, a total of 140 passengers had returned from the coronavirus-hit areas. No confirmed case of coronavirus infection has been found in Maharashtra.