Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)
Bengaluru, Mar 22: Coronavirus infection incidents regarding Indians residing abroad are increasing every passing day. The government of India has asked Indians living overseas not to travel to India for now. At the same time, Indians living in countries, where incidents of coronavirus infections are more, are being brought back to India by special flights.
A special flight brought 195 Kannadigas from Dubai to Bengaluru international airport. During the screening, six of them found to have infected with coronavirus. This matter was tweeted by health minister Sriramulu on his Twitter account. All the six infected persons are admitted to isolation wards in Rajiv Gandhi hospital. Rest 189 passengers are kept in Akash medical center and are being monitored.
Health minister B Sriramulu
So far 20 people are confirmed to have infected by cornavirus in the state. On Saturday, five people were detected to have contracted the disease. The Health department has taken stringent measures to control the situation and has reportedly decided to convert Victoria Hospital in the city as coronavirus center.