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Kashmir: Two people suspected to be infected by novel Coronavirus

| @indiablooms | Mar 07, 2020, at 12:26 pm

Srinagar/IBNS: Two people have been suspected to be infected by the deadly novel Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu and Samba districts.

All schools in the two districts have been closed.

Principal Secretary of Planning in Jammu and Kashmir, Rohit Kansal, tweeted, "Test reports of the 2 suspected patients from Jammu received.Both high viral load cases.High probability of testing positive."

"Both suspected cases kept in isolation at GMC Jammu. Stable.All protocols being followed."

Already 31 people have been infected by Coronavirus in India.

Three infected people in Kerala have, however, recovered.

Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Coronavirus threat on Saturday.

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