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Every Indian state must have a lab to test coronavirus: Belgian scientist

Peter Piot says many nations, including India, aren't geared up to take on theh spread of the virus, should it arrive on their shores

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Medical personnel scan a new coronavirus patient at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. Photo: PTI

4 min read Last Updated : Feb 18 2020 | 5:52 PM IST

Belgian microbiologist Peter Piot, who was credited with helping in the discovery of the dreaded Ebola virus in 1976, called for an increased preparedness on the part of India and other countries against the new coronavirus (COVID-19). He asserted that said many of these nations, unlike China, wouldn't know how to deal with the virus in case it spread to their domains.

About 60 million people were quarantined and over 1,700 died in China due to the new Corona virus infection, which has so far affected 25 countries in what the World Health Organization (WHO) termed a public health emergency.

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