India reported its first positive case of Novel Coronavirus in Kerala

India reported its first positive case of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) in Kerala on 30 January. The hospitals have made isolation wards and readied to face any contingency. Personal Protection Equipments and masks are available in adequate quantity in all the States/UTs.

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Human coronaviruses can cause mild disease similar to a common cold, while others more severe disease (such as MERS, SARS). As there is no vaccine or drug available against the virus, the cases are managed according to their symptomatology. NCoV is fatal but exact fatality is not estimated and how virus will behave in the new population is also not known. The death toll of the coronavirus has risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in Tibet, China.