On a day that saw the highest single-day surge so far — 23 new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including 15 Italian tourists — the government announced Wednesday that all passengers arriving in India would have to undergo thermal screening at international airports and sea-ports. The total number of cases detected across the country has now risen to 29, including three in Kerala who were discharged last month. Two days after a 45-year-old man from East Delhi tested positive, six of his relatives from Agra have also tested positive.
They are all being treated at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. In Jaipur, where a 69-year-old Italian tourist was found to have contracted the infection, his wife and 14 other members of his tour group, as well as their Indian driver, have tested positive. While the 69-year-old man and his wife are being treated at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh (SMS)…
