Kochi: Five more foreigners from the United Kingdom have been tested positive for Coronavirus on Friday. according to reports it is stated that all the five foreigners who have been tested positive are aged between 60 to 80 years. One among them is a female.
The Minister for Agriculture V.S. Sunil Kumar said that the foreigners are a part of 17 member team that had been staying at the Tea Country resort in Munnar. The samples of 12 among them have tested negative.
He added to it that all of them are admitted to the Kalamassery Medical College in Ernakulam.
They were quarantined at a hotel in Kochi after their fellow traveler was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
The five, all over 55 years, have been shifted to the Kalamassery medical college hospital near Kochi.
The group of 19 tourists was holidaying at Tea County resort in Munnar. After a man from the group was tested positive for COVID-19, they tried to escape to Dubai on March 15. The officials had to stop the flight and offload the 19 foreigners at the Nedumbassery International airport. All 19 had been under isolation after the incident.
