5 March 2020, Pune- Phursingi’s unit of WNS was immediately shut after one of their employee returned from Philippines via Singapore airlines had some symptoms of Corona virus on floor. All 150 employees of the floor were immediately taken out from and sent home, the floor was sanitized and employee having symptoms was referred to hospital for check up.
“As a precautionary measure to avoid possibility of infection of the Corona Virus, people can use washed and cleaned handkerchiefs instead of masks. The death rate of people affected with Corona virus in the entire world is just between 2.5 to 3 percent. The state government has taken all precautionary measures to curb the infection of this virus. The Cyber crime cell had been directed to file offences against people spreading false messages on social media. Not a single suspected patient had been found in the entire Maharashtra and so the people of the state should not get panic. All of us should come together to fight the deadly virus” urged Health Minister Mr Rajesh Tope.
Till date, 65 thousand 121 travellers arriving at Mumbai International Airport by 551 Airbuses had undergone thermal scanning. 401 passengers arrived in the state from the Corona affected countries. Out of these, 152 patients admitted to various hospitals and they were tested twice, for the Corona virus. The laboratory reports of 149 people were found negative. 143 were released from the hospitals. Presently six people are kept under observation. Two in Naidu and Mangeshkar hospitals in Pune are under observation while four others at Kasturba and Hinduja hospitals in Mumbai.
Giving information about the Corona scenario at the global level, the health minister said that 80 thousand people have been found infected in China and two thousand 915 have died. In Japan, 280 were infected and 12 had lost their lives where as one thousand people were affected by the deadly virus in Iran and 66 died. Another two thousand were found positive for Corona virus in Italy and 62 of them lost their lives. Four thousand 300 were Corona positive in South Korea and 26 lost their lives.
