The mother of a 46-year-old man, who tested positive for novel coronavirus, has also been detected with the virus, making her the sixth patient in the national capital, officials said on Thursday.
The woman is aged 69 years and is admitted to RML Hospital. Her son has a history of travel to Japan, Geneva and Italy. They are residents of West Delhi's Janakpuri.
Eight other members of their family were found to be asymptomatic.
Meanwhile, following the fears over the Coronavirus, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that all cinema halls and schools and colleges, where exams are not being held, will remain shut till March 31. The number of confirmed cases in India has risen to 73.
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The coronavirus outbreak, which has claimed over 4,200 lives and infected more than 117,330 people across 107 countries and territories, can now be characterised as a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was alarmed by the spread and severity of the outbreak, along with a lack of action taken to combat it.
(With PTI inputs)
