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New Delhi : Universal screening for novel Coronavirus (nCov) for all flights from Singapore and Thailand besides Hong Kong and China is going on at earmarked aero-bridges. The screening of passengers is now on at all 21 airports, International Seaports, and border crossings.
As of now, 1,818 flights and 1,97,192 passengers have been screened at 21 Airports. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is extending all the possible support to the States/UTs in order to combat the situation arising due to Novel Coronavirus.
Altogether 9,452 persons are presently under community surveillance in 32 States/UTs. The containment and prevention activities are being taken up on utmost priority. All the states are continually strengthening their rapid response teams to counter any eventuality, according to a PIB release.
So far 1,510 samples have been tested of which 1,507 samples were found negative except for 3 samples which had tested positive already in Kerala.