Abstract

The second meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019 in the People's Republic of China on January 30, 2020, declared COVID-19 outbreak as Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)[5]. In the Emergency department in General Hospital, she was afebrile with a pulse rate of 82/min, blood pressure 130/80 mmHg, temperature 98.5°F and oxygen saturation 96 per cent while the patient was breathing ambient air. On day 1 of illness, the total white blood cell count was towards the low normal side, but on days 5 and 20, the count showed a rise which was consistent with a viral infection.

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Title
First confirmed case of COVID-19 infection in India: A case report
Author
Andrews, M 1 ; Areekal, Binu 2 ; Rajesh, K 3 ; Krishnan, Jijith 3 ; Suryakala, R 4 ; Krishnan, Biju 5 ; Muraly, C 6 ; Santhosh, P 5 

 Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur 680 596, Kerala 
 Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur 680 596, Kerala 
 Department of Internal Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur 680 596, Kerala 
 Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Thrissur 680 596, Kerala 
 Department of Surgery, Government Medical College, Thrissur 680 596, Kerala 
 Department of Pulmonology, Government Medical College, Thrissur 680 596, Kerala 
Pages
490-492
Publication year
2020
Publication date
May 2020
Publisher
Scientific Scholar
ISSN
0971-5916
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2417960956
Copyright
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