Health Minister B Sriramulu stated that all four people and their families have been isolated and their health is being monitored.
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed three more positive cases of coronavirus in Bengaluru. In a press release dated 10am on Tuesday, ICMR stated that in the last 24 hours “3 positives from Bengaluru, Karnataka” were confirmed. This was in addition to the earlier confirmed case of the infection, which was reported on Monday evening by stated health department officials. The Bengaluru-based techie, in his 40s, had recently returned to India from Austin, Texas in the US via Dubai on March 1. This has also been confirmed by state Health Minister B Sriramulu. “4 people in Karnataka have tested positive for the COVID-19. All 4 people and their families have been isolated and their health is being monitored. I request the public to take measures to ensure the infection does not spread,” he tweeted. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದುವರೆಗೆ 4 ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ #COVID19 ಸೋಂಕು ದೃಢಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು, ಅವರನ್ನು ಹಾಗೂ ಅವರ ಕುಟುಂಬ ಸದಸ್ಯರನ್ನು ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕವಾಗಿರಿಸಿ ಅವರ ಆರೋಗ್ಯದ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿಗಾ ವಹಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ನಾಗರಿಕರು ಮುಂಜಾಗೃತ ಕ್ರಮ ವಹಿಸಿ ಸೋಂಕು ಹರಡದಂತೆ ಸಹಕರಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಕೋರುತ್ತೇನೆ #CoronavirusOutbreak — B Sriramulu (@sriramulubjp) March 10, 2020 The techie was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD) in Bengaluru on March 8 after developing a mild cough, cold and fever. He was placed under isolation and his samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology’s (NIV) field unit in Bengaluru. The results arrived Monday morning and confirmed that he was positive for coronavirus disease. Speaking to the media on Monday evening, Dr Sudhakar, Minister of Medical Education, stated that three teams had been formed to undertake contact tracing of those the man may have come in contact with at work, in his travels and at his child’s school in Whitefield. His wife, and daughter have also been admitted to the isolation ward at RGICD as a precaution. Another colleague of the man who had been on the same flight had also been placed under home quarantine. The total of positive cases in Karnataka now stands at 4, with the nationwide total at 55. As of Monday evening, over 900 people were placed under home quarantine in the state with around 266 having completed the full 28 days mandated isolation time. Officials had a scare on Monday after a man who had arrived in Mangaluru was admitted to Wenlock District hospital after flying in from Dubai, had fled from the hospital. He was later tracked down.
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