Coronavirus in India: Man who tested negative dies

First Published Feb 29, 2020, 12:51 PM IST

A 36-year-old Kerala native suspected of coronavirus died on February 29 in Ernakulam district

36-year-old Jainesh Kannur native landed in Kerala's Kochi on Thursday midnight from Malaysia
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Soon, he was admitted to the isolation ward of the Kalamassery government medical college hospital in Kochi, Kerala, after showing symptoms of coronavirus
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A check-up revealed that Jainesh had breathlessness and pneumonia
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The hospital authorities sent his body fluids to the Virology Institute in Alappuzha to check for H1N1 and Covid-19
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The results of the first test turned negative and the results of the second test were being awaited. He succumbed by then.
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