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NEW DELHI: All 645 people evacuated from China’s Wuhan city, who were lodged at the quarantine facilities set up by the Army and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in and around Delhi, have tested negative for coronavirus, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.
It said that as on February 6, 1,38,750 passengers from 1,265 flights had been screened for the nCoV illness but no new case has been detected.
“All 645 evacuees from Wuhan, China have tested negative for novel coronavirus,” the ministry said.
A total of 1,202 samples have been tested as of Thursday which includes the samples of 645 people lodged at the quarantine centres set up by the Army in Haryana’s Manesar and the ITBP in Chawla camp.
“All the 645 people have tested negative. Samples of all these individuals will be re-tested on day 14 of the quarantine period,” it said.
Besides, 557 samples from suspected cases throughout the country were referred to ICMR network laboratories, out of which 510 tested negative and three were confirmed laboratory positive for nCoV.
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