THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala health minister KK Shailaja said a student from Wuhan admitted to Allappuzha medical college hospital is having suspected coronavirus . The results of tests are yet to arrive but NIV has informed that it is a suspected case, she said."The government can confirm that it is a positive case only if the test results are made available. However the people who have come in direct contact with this student have been put under isolation and the family members under observation," she said.The minister said the student is stable and has not developed any serious symptoms. The patient is isolated at the medical college hospital said the minister. The Press Information Bureau in Delhi however confirmed the infection in a statement.Shailaja said due to the vigilant surveillance in the state no case will go unreported. The main aim of the health department is to prevent the spreading of the disease in the community. "Both patients were infected in China amd we are ensuring that it is not spread to anyone from them," she added.So far 59 samples have been sent for testing to NIV in Pune of which 24 results have come.India's first novel coronavirus case in India was also reported from Kerala with another student from Wuhan university testing positive.