The World Health Organization (WHO) said that theIndians need not have to panic about the coronavirus outbreak. According to aWHO top officer, the cases tested positive of Covid-19 in India were because oftravelling abroad, citizen's caught the virus on foreign land.
Asked if the virus will subside as temperature rise,the WHO official said that they can't speak yet as research still going on thesame. It is a relatively new virus so gathering information on it will taketime. Research on the virus is taking place 24×7 adding that there are manyexperts across the globe who are trying to figure it out its evolution, saidWHO official.
However, 28 cases of Covid-19 have been reported fromacross the country. Experts said that there is no need to panic, the need ofthe hour is to get more trained doctors and nurses to treat the infected.
Indian citizens need to maintain basic hygiene likewashing hands often, covering ones mouth while sneezing and if one feels sickthey need to rush to doctors as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, an employee of Paytm has tested positivefor coronavirus, pushing the e-wallet company to shut its Gurgaon office fortwo days. With this employee tested positive of coronavirus, the cases in Indiareached 29.
However, the government onWednesday said it has started screening passengers on all incoming flights fromabroad. More than 5 lakh people have already been screened. Elsewhere, the outbreakcontinues unabated.
Coronavirus outbreak originated inChina's Wuhan in December and has spread to over 60 nations, killing more than3,000 people and infecting over 90,000.
