With this, a total of three passengers have tested positive for the novel
A passenger called Himadri Barman tested positive on Tuesday, and Nagendra Singh tested positive on Wednesday, the Director of NSCBI Airport, Kaushik Bhattacharjee, told .
Both of them were sent to Beliaghata ID Hospital, he said.
"Earlier a passenger called Anita Oraon had also tested positive during thermal scanning," Bhattacharjee said.
Already two airlines which had direct flights between Kolkata and China have suspended their flights.
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"In line with the WHO guideline to contain the spread of coronavirus, IndiGo will be suspending its Kolkata- Guangzhou service from February 6, 2020 to February 25, 2020 and Guangzhou-Kolkata from February 7 till February 26," the airline had said in a statement.
After IndiGo,
Passengers of flights coming to Kolkata from Kunming and Guangzhou in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok were being screened since January 17.
At present, passengers arriving from Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok are being screened as no flights are operating to and from China.