A 23-year-old woman college student, who had returned from Bengaluru, was on Wednesday admitted to the Government Hospital here with suspected symptoms of coronavirus.

Apart from the student, five more people have been under observation for the disease in the hospital and ESI hospital here.

The student had returned to her native place at Kangeyapalayam in the district some days ago after the private college declared a holiday due to the disease.

She developed cough and cold and was taken to Government hospital in Sulur near here early Wednesday.

With suspected symptoms, the student was then shifted to the government hospital here and her blood samples and swab to the King's Institute in Chennai.

Meanwhile, a 35-year-old man from Udumalpet in Tirupur district, who returned from Singapore and quarantined in ESI Hospital on Monday, tested negative and was discharged but he has been asked to be at home for 14 days.

District collector K Rajamani inspected the preventive measures taken by the medical team in Walayar bordering Kerala.

Rajamani, in a statement, said there are nine checkposts bordering Kerala and all vehicles and passengers are under intensive screening to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Nilgiris district collector J Innocent Divya told reporters in Udhagamandalam there was no coronavirus case reported in the district.

However, one person, who returned from Kozhikode in Kerala, was quarantined in the Government Hospital as a preventive measure as he developed cough, she said.

She requested the media not to sensationalise the disease instead publish only official version, as people are already panicky due to the pandemic.