New worry? 138 flyers from UK slip into Karnataka without COVID-19 test
The State Government is yet to establish how many such air travellers have arrived in Karnataka from the UK over the past fortnight.
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BENGALURU: At least 138 air passengers arriving from the United Kingdom, where a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus was reported a fortnight ago, have entered Karnataka after flying in without COVID-19 negative certificates or being subjected to tests on arrival.
With the Civil Aviation Ministry banning all incoming flights from the UK, and the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry issuing directions on Monday to all states and Union territories to put in place testing and quarantine protocols for air travellers on arrival from the UK, the State Government is now tracing these passengers.
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Kolkata:
Two passengers from the UK were found positive for COVID-19 after they arrived at the airport in Kolkata, health department officials said on Tuesday.
A flight carrying 222 passengers from the UK arrived at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport on Sunday night, they said.
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Kolkata: Two passengers from the UK were found positive for COVID-19 after they arrived at the airport here, health department officials said on Tuesday.
A flight carrying 222 passengers from the UK arrived at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport on Sunday night, they said. Twenty-five passengers did not have COVID reports with them. So they were taken to a nearby quarantine centre, and their coronavirus tests were conducted. Two tested positive, the West Bengal Health and Family Welfare Department official said.
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