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Coronavirus: Indian army builds special quarantine facility in Manesar

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: January 31, 2020 16:21 IST

Indian army has build a special facility in Manesar near Delhi for Indian citizens to be evacuated from China's ...

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Indian army has build a special facility in Manesar near Delhi for Indian citizens to be evacuated from China's Wuhan today. The facility has capacity to house around 300 students who will be observed for signs of infection for two weeks by a team of doctors and medical personnel.

Upon their arrival in India the students will be screened at the airport by a joint team of Airport Health Authority (AHO) and Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS). Individuals suspected of infection will be shifted to an isolation ward at Base Hospital Delhi Cantonment (BHDC).

During the screening students will be classified into three groups.

First group: It will consist of "suspected cases" - individuals with signs of fever/cough and/or respiratory distress. These will be transferred directly to the BHDC.

Second group: It will consist of individuals who do not show symptoms but have visited seafood or animal markets (the virus is suspected to have broken out at a seafood market in Wuhan) or have had contact with a Chinese person showing symptoms in the last 14 days.

Such individuals will be escorted, in an earmarked vehicle, directly to the facility.

Third group: It will be referred to as "non-contact cases". These are individuals who do not display any symptoms or have not had contact with a possibly infected Chinese person in the past fortnight.

This group, which will also be sent to the quarantine facility, will also include those who do not fit into either of the first two categories. 

Tags: CoronavirusIndian ArmyWorld Health Organization
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