Coronavirus: Army readies 300 beds for students returning from China

NEW DELHI: The Indian Army has created a facility near Manesar, Haryana, to quarantine approximately 300 students arriving from Wuhan in China. According to the Twitter page of the Additional Directorate General of Public Information of the Indian Army, it was "responding to the emergency".

The students will be examined and monitored by a team of qualified doctors to determine if any of them showed symptoms of a coronavirus infection.

#CORONAVIRUS#IndianArmy responding to the emergency has created a facility near #Manesar for quarantine of approximately 300 #Indian students arriving from #Wuhan #China, students will be monitored by a qualified team of doctors, to watch for any signs of infection.#NationFirst pic.twitter.com/85G8HLv972

— ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) January 31, 2020

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police has assembled a similar facility with the capacity to accommodate 600 at Chhawla Camp in Delhi, they announced on social media.

#ITBP has created a facility at Chhawla Camp, New Delhi for quarantine of approximately 600 people arriving from #Wuhan #China with all basic requirements. A team of ITBP doctors will be available 24x7. #CORONAVIRUS#Himveers pic.twitter.com/VPdpwdwZyw

— ITBP (@ITBP_official) January 31, 2020

Wuhan in Hubei Province is the epicentre of the novel-coronavirus outbreak. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern as it has already killed 213.

India on Thursday reported its first confirmed case of - a student from Kerala who had also returned from Wuhan University.

The Kerala chief minister had earlier written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to “airlift” Indians stranded in Wuhan.

Note: This copy has been updated to include the ITBP's announcement

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