bhopal a student with a travel history to iran has been quarantined in all india institute of medical sciences aiims bhopal the suspected covid19 patient was admitted to the hospital on wednesdaycondition of the patient is said to be stable and his covid19 test report is expected to be known by friday said an aiims bhopal officialaiims bhopal lab has begun testing for coronavirus after it got union government certification on wednesdaymeanwhile madhya pradesh health department is gearing up to screen all domestic passengers traveling by air train and road thirteen states including cities like delhi bengaluru among others have reported covid19 positive cases we are requesting people with covid19 location travel history to get tested if they show symptoms said a top health department officialseeking to restrict public interactions health department has asked school education and higher education departments to consider closing schools and colleges on the lines of delhi only essential activities like examination would continueso far mp has not reported any positive cases 283 people are under isolation in mp said a health department release here on thursdaysince the covid19 outbreak in january 100 people have been placed under quarantine in bhopal said dr sudhir dheriya cmho bhopal recently mp health public health act 1949 was invoked conferring special powers on to chief medical and health officer cmho to control infectious diseasesthermal scanners to check for body temperature are currently being used at the airports said bhopal cmho dr dheriya high body temperature is one of the symptoms of covid19 a twomember team of doctors dr james varghese and dr avinash dubey has been approved for the vidhan sabha in bhopal ahead of crucial vote dr verghese said they have not received any instructions on for screening for covid19all to be screened quarantinedon thursday union government notified that all incoming travelers including indian nationals arriving from or having visited china italy iran republic of korea france spain and germany february 15 shall be quarantined for a minimum period of 14 days this will come into effect from midnight on fridayincoming travelers including indian nationals are advised to avoid nonessential travel and are informed that they can be quarantined for a minimum of 14 days on their arrival in indiawe are awaiting instruction from the health department said a senior health official there are only 741 beds for quarantine and isolation of such passengers in mp