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India reports second coronavirus case in Kerala, patient stable

The patient has a 'travel history from China' and has been isolated in a hospital

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BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
The government on Sunday reported India's second case of coronavirus in Kerala, three days after the southern state reported country's first case.

The patient has a “travel history from China” and has been isolated in a hospital, said the Union Health Ministry in a statement. The patient is stable and has been kept in isolation. 

However, the Kerala government said the state was awaiting the results from the National Institute of Virology (NIV) at Pune.

"We have been informed telephonically by NIV Pune that there is a possibility of another positive case. But since there is a possibility we
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