Two samples from Telangana sent to Pune for confirmation on

Samples of two persons have been sent to the National Institute of Virology at Pune for confirmation of coronavirus, health authorities said on Wednesday, as the government stepped up precautionary measures.

The virus scare hit the IT corridor at Cyberabad herewitha complex, housing software companies, being "closed" for sanitisation after a person working there was suspected to be suffering from the infection.

The state reported its first COVID-19 case on Monday when a 24-year-old software personnel, who recently returned from Dubai, had tested positive for the virus.

State Health Minister E Rajender said in a release on Wednesday that samples of two persons have been sent to Pune for full confirmation with regard to COVID-19.

The two persons are among the 47 whose samples were tested at the state-run Gandhi hospital here on Tuesday.

According to the minister, 45 samples tested negative.

The two persons are - a foreigner who came from Italy and another who moved closely with the man who tested positive for the virus, he said.

According to a police official, of the 21 buildings in the complex located in the IT corridor "only one building has been closed for sanitisation, that too it has not been entirely closed."