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India issues travel advisory out of ‘abundant caution’ as new coronavirus takes hold in China India issues travel advisory out of ‘abundant caution’ as new coronavirus takes hold in China
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Indians traveling to and from China have been warned of a dangerous new virus on the move in the country, with officials boosting security and health screenings at Indian airports in an effort to catch new cases of the illness.Indians traveling to and from China have been warned of a dangerous new virus on the move in the country, with officials boosting security and health screenings at Indian airports in an effort to catch new cases of the illness.
The emergent coronavirus – related to the lethal SARS pathogen – has sickened scores of people across China, hitting the city of Wuhan the hardest with up to 40 confirmed cases, prompting the Indian Health Ministry to issue a travel advisory on Friday. The emergent coronavirus – related to the lethal SARS pathogen – has struck scores of people across China, hitting the city of Wuhan the hardest, with up to 40 confirmed cases, prompting the Indian Ministry of Health to issue a travel advisory on Friday.
While the World Health Organization has assessed the infection as “low” risk, the Health Ministry warned anyone traveling to China “as a matter of abundant precaution.” While the World Health Organization has assessed the infection as “low” risk, India's health ministry warned anyone traveling to China “as a matter of abundant precaution.”
The advisory follows a similar decision by US state health officials, who began screenings for the bug at three major airports on Friday afternoon after it claimed its second casualty in Wuhan. The advisory follows a similar decision by US health officials, who began screenings for the bug at three major airports on Friday afternoon after it claimed its second casualty in Wuhan.
While India’s health officials stressed the move was merely a precautionary safeguard, researchers at the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College in London estimated that there could be as many as 1,723 cases in Wuhan alone, dwarfing the few dozen confirmed patients.While India’s health officials stressed the move was merely a precautionary safeguard, researchers at the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College in London estimated that there could be as many as 1,723 cases in Wuhan alone, dwarfing the few dozen confirmed patients.
Several other suspected cases of the virus have cropped up elsewhere in Asia, with reports of the illness in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea, largely involving people who had recently traveled to Wuhan.Several other suspected cases of the virus have cropped up elsewhere in Asia, with reports of the illness in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea, largely involving people who had recently traveled to Wuhan.
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