New Delhi: Coronavirus case has risen to 28 in India said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday.
“Currently we are conducting the universal screening of flights coming fro 12 countries. But now we will be conducting universal screening of all passengers coming from all international flights. Everybody will be a part of the universal screening,” the minister said at a press conference.
“Till yesterday, we have screened about 5.89 lakh passengers at airports, over 15 thousand at major and minor seaports and over 10 lakh at the borders with Nepal. About 27 thousand were under community surveillance until yesterday,” he added.
Out of the 28 cases, three are from Kerala, six from Agra, an Italian group which had come to India and their Indian driver, one from Delhi and Telangana each, making a total of seventeen people.