India has so far reported 28 positive cases of Coronavirus, which includes 16 Italian tourists, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday and announced that all international passengers will henceforth be screened at airports for the disease. Later e-commerce payment system Paytm reported an employee in Gurgaon, who had been to Italy, had tested positive for COVID-19. A Health Ministry official confirmed this Coronavirus case.

Earlier, travellers from only 12 countries were being screened at the airports. Vardhan held a meeting with Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain and civic body officials on Wednesday and urged them to augment facilities of isolation wards in city hospitals if more cases of Coronavirus get recorded.