As many as 107 people have tested positive for coronavirus across the country while two have died so far. As many as 270 passengers on board a Dubai-bound flight were on Sunday offloaded at Kochi airport, shortly before take-off, after a UK national tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The UK national, who was travelling with 18 others, had slipped out of quarantine from a Munnar hotel, officials said.
He and his wife were brought down from the flight and placed under isolation at Kalamassery Medical College in Ernakulam district. The incident has raised serious questions over the efficacy of the surveillance measures at the airport and quarantine measures across hotels and resorts where foreign tourists are residing. Speaking to reporters, Health Minister KK Shailaja said the British native, who had arrived in Kerala as part of a group of 19 on March 3, was placed under…
