India's central government has said the total number of confirmed cases in the country is now 43 after one new case each has been reported from Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, Scroll.in reported.

However, there have been no deaths in the country yet.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the government is prepared to deal with novel coronavirus and his ministry is sending directives, including guidelines, to states in all the languages on ways to contain it.

“We are sending detailed guidelines to all states on ways to contain coronavirus. Have asked states to strengthen laboratories and manpower to effectively deal with coronavirus and form early rapid action teams,” Vardhan was quoted as saying by The Hindu.

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