5 foreigners test positive for coronavirus in Kerala

Five foreign nationals, who were under observation in Kerala's Kochi, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Kerala Agriculture Minister VS Sunil Kumar said on Friday.

They belonged to a group of foreign tourists which included a UK national who had tested positive for the virus on March 15, the minister told reporters.

They were holidaying in the hill resort town of Munnar in the state.

They were quarantined at a hotel in Kochi after their fellow traveler was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.

The five, all over 55 years, have been shifted to the Kalamassery medical college hospital near Kochi.