Amid the coronavirus scare in India with 28 cases of the deadly reported in India till Wednesday, March 4, the municipal body of Mumbai, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has kept 100 beds ready at four civic hospitals for suspected cases of COVID-19.
Also with that, as per the reports, the BMC has formulated 26 teams to monitor the situation of deadly coronavirus.
The hospitals where isolation wards are set up are KB Bhabha Hospital in Bandra, Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care in Jogeshwari, Bhabha Hospital in Kurla and Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar.
According to the media reports, more than 65,000 passengers have been screened for COVID-19 infection at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. All international arrivals are being screened at the airport, using thermal scanners.
Twenty-eight cases of coronavirus have been reported in India in the last three days, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday.
The deadly virus, which originated in China’s Wuhan city in December last year, has killed more than 3,000 and infected over 90,000 across the world.
For the uninitiated, in India, three fresh cases of coronavirus were detected in the last 48 hours, including an Italian national who landed in Jaipur on February 29. The other two patients suffering from COVID-19 are from Delhi and Hyderabad.
Six other people who came in contact with the Italian national have also been detected positive for the deadly virus.
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