CORONAVIRUS IN KOLKATA

Seven confirmed cases of coronavirus infection has been reported from the state of West Bengal as of March 23. Earlier, two suspected coronavirus patients, who had returned from Indonesia and Malaysia, were on March 10 admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital in northeast Kolkata's Beliaghata hospital. Both of them have been kept at the isolation ward. Their swab samples have been collected and sent for testing. The coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country and globally. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the nation on March 19, called for 'Janata curfew' on March 22 from 7 AM to 9 PM to contain the spread of coronavirus.