Student who tested Positive for coronavirus discharged

A Keralite student from Wuhan University,who tested positive for the novel coronavirus thereby becoming the country's second such case, was on Thursday discharged from the isolation ward of Alappuzha Medical college hospital, health department sources said.

The youth was discharged after his two consecutive samples sent for testing at the National Institute of Virology, Pune turned out negative, the sources told PTI.

"On the basis of the two consecutive negative results, the patient has been discharged. He will be in home quarantine for the remaining 14 days."