This story is from March 5, 2020

Chhattisgarh denies person testing positive for coronavirus

Chhattisgarh denies person testing positive for coronavirus
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RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh health department has denied reports that a person from the steel city of Bhilai has been tested positive for novel coronavirus (CoVID-19).
Director health services Niraj Bansod told TOI this afternoon that a person’s blood sample has been collected and sent to a laboratory at Pune after he arrived at Raipur from Kenya.
“As of now, he showed no symptoms but the person has been confined to his house at Bhilai considering his travel history in the recent past”, he said adding reports of his blood tests is expected in the next two to three days.

Passengers arriving at Swami Vivekananda Airport in the state capital are being screened and people coming from CoVID- 19 affected countries are being taken to the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar hospital for further screening at the isolation centre set up at the hospital.
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