Ninety nine more people who returned to Kerala from China on Saturday have been kept under surveillance by health officials in the state for possible exposure to novel coronavirus (nCoV), health officials said here on Saturday.
With this, a total of 179 people in the state are under surveillance.
A senior health official told PTI that 172 persons in the state are under home surveillance and the other seven are under observation at various hospitals across the state.
"Today, 99 new passengers arrived in the state. This makes a total of 179 persons under surveillance. Only seven people have any kind of symptoms.
They have mild symptoms. We have sent their blood and respiratory specimen samples to the National Institute of Virology, Pune," he said. l
On Friday, health officials had tracked down 80 people who had returned to Kerala from China over the past few days and kept them under surveillance