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Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced that all primary schools in the national capital will remain closed till March 31 to prevent the possibility of spread of coronavirus.
The government has stepped up its efforts to detect and check the infection which has killed over 3,100 people worldwide.
The ISSF World Cup is slated to be held from March 15 to 26 at the Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi.
Screening at airports is now being planned for flight passengers coming to India from Kathmandu, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia from Monday.
They are among 406 inmates, including seven children, who were shifted to the west Delhi quarantine facility of Indo-Tibetan Border Police after the group was brought back from China's Wuhan on February 1 and 2.
The Indian Embassy said in a statement that 99 new positive cases on-board Diamond Princess have been confirmed on February 17, bringing the total number to 454.
The patient from Kasaragod district, one of the three positive cases of coronavirus detected in the country, would, however, remain under home quarantine for ten days.
Passengers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore are being screened for possible exposure to the respiratory virus at 21 identified airports in the country, including Delhi airport, from January 17.
Though the 'state calamity' alert was withdrawn, the state has not lowered its guard and the (28-day) quarantine period would continue, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja informed.
Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja also said that penal action will be taken against people who returned from China and are travelling through the state without informing the government.