A man from Ghaziabad with a recent travel history to Iran has tested positive for novel Coronavirus, taking the total number of cases in the country to 30 as the government on Thursday asked states to form rapid response teams at district, block and village levels. In some relief for Telangana, blood samples of two persons from the state which were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune for confirmation tested negative. Till Wednesday, 29 people, including 16 Italian tourists, tested positive for Coronavirus. The list includes the first three cases in the country from Kerala last month. The three persons have been discharged following recovery.

Five people who came in contact with the Paytm employee who works in Gurgaon and lives in west Delhi have been tested and quarantined till their results come in, Delhi
government health officials said.