Coronavirus outbreak: As per the travel advisory issued by the Centre, people arriving from South Korea, Iran and Italy have to be quarantined for 14 days on arrival. (Photo: AP)

A day after a man who had travelled from Vienna to Delhi in an Air India flight was confirmed to have contracted Covid-19 (the disease caused by novel coronavirus), Air India has asked all his fellow travellers to follow guidelines issued by the health ministry for suspected coronavirus cases.

In a tweet, Air India said: "This is for the attention of passengers who flew on AI154 Vienna-Delhi of February 25. One of the passengers has tested positive for coronavirus. Please follow the protocol notified by the Ministry of Health regarding coronavirus."

#FlyAI : This is for the attention of passengers who flew on AI154 Vienna-Delhi of 25th Feb' 20. One of the passengers has tested positive for #coronavirus. Please follow the protocol notified by the Ministry of Health regarding Corona Virus. Kindly visit https://t.co/YR6yHUi4Or. Air India (@airindiain) March 3, 2020

As per the travel advisory issued by the Union health ministry, people arriving from South Korea, Iran and Italy have to be quarantined for 14 days on arrival. Besides this, the ministry has asked 21 airports across the country to screen passengers coming from countries where coronavirus outbreak has been reported.

The co-travellers of the Delhi coronavirus patients are thus advised to get themselves screened for coronavirus infection.

THE DELHI CORONAVIRUS PATIENT

A man in Delhi was tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. Following this, as a precautionary measure two private schools decided to cancel classes for the next few days because the patient was the father of a student.

One of the schools, where the Delhi man's son is a primary class student, said it will remain shut from March 4 to March 6.

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The parent had thrown a birthday party last week for the child, triggering fears that the students who attended it might be at risk.

Medical samples from five students from the school have been taken to check if anyone has been infected, an official said.

Earlier in the day, the school said it was postponing internal examinations scheduled for Tuesday due to some "unavoidable circumstances".

The second school said it is suspending classes from now to March 9 and sanitising its campus.

Meanwhile, some family members of the coronavirus-infected Delhi-based man were shifted to Safdarjung Hospital for tests after they showed symptoms of the virus, Health Ministry sources said.

Some other relatives were asked to remain quarantined at their homes, the sources added.

An accountant working for the man, who lives in Mayur Vihar, was also taken to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital for tests, they said.

The Mayur Vihar resident had thrown a birthday party for his child last week and several people came in contact with him, Noida's Chief Medical Officer Anurag Bhargava said.

"Sample of five such students have been taken from the school and sent to NCDC (National Centre for Disease Control) for tests. The report is expected by this evening and then the next course of action would be decided on the basis of that," Bhargava told reporters.

(With inputs from PTI)

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