India records second case of Coronavirus in Kerala
New Delhi/IBNS: India has recorded the second case of Coronavirus with the patient testing positive with the virus in Kerala.
The patient returned from China on Jan 24.
"Second positive case of Novel Coronavirus patient, has been reported in Kerala. The patient has a travel history from China," the Union Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
"The patient has tested positive for Novel Coronavirus and is in isolation in the hospital. The patient is stable and is being closely monitored," it added.
On Thursday, Kerala reported India's first case of Coronavirus, who is a medical student studying in China's Wuhan city.
Earlier on Sunday, an Air India flight evacuated the second batch of 323 stranded Indians from China's Wuhan city, which is the epicentre of Coronavirus.
The death toll from the Novel Coronavirus in China has reached 304 with 45 new fatalities recorded by close of Saturday, Chinese state media reported.
The second Air India special flight departed at 3:10 am (IST) from Wuhan on Sunday.
It landed at New Delhi airport around 9:40 am.
The first special flight of Air India lifted 324 Indians stranded in virus-hit Wuhan on Saturday.
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