Every 36 Out of 88 persons who came into contact with the techie tested positive for coronavirus, they were admitted to government-run Gandhi Hospital here, Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajender said on Tuesday.
Minister said samples from this public were collected and the results were expected. The authorities have identified 85 people who came into getting in touch with the techie are affected by a coronavirus.
Patients will be kept in separation for 14 days. Those brought to the hospital and screened include the techie's family members, those who traveled with him on the bus from Hyderabad to Bengaluru and the staff at a private hospital where he was treated for few days before he approached the Gandhi Hospital.
Rajender said the condition of the techie was stable and had improved since Monday.
The man,
hailing from Hyderabad and working for a Bengaluru-based IT firm, is suspected to have picked up the coronavirus in Dubai, where he came in contact with some company representatives from Hong Kong. After returning from Dubai, he spent two days in Bengaluru, meeting company employees and others.
After coming to Hyderabad by bus, he rushes to a private hospital with fever and flu-like symptoms. He continued his treatment as a patient for five days and was later admitted there. As there was no development in his condition, he came to Gandhi Hospital on March 1.
His samples were forwarded to the National Institute of Virology, Pune and they tested positive for coronavirus. A day after the state posted the first coronavirus positive case, the authorities swung into action to beef up the introductory mechanism. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao announced ₹100 crores for essential infrastructure and other measures to include the spread of coronavirus.
The Health Minister
told reporters after the meeting that over 3,000 beds would be ready for isolation of patients with suspected symptoms of coronavirus while 250 to 300 beds would be arranged for treatment of positive cases, if necessary.