Karnataka | 138 UK passengers sans covid negative certificate traced; samples collected
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December 23, 2020
Bengaluru, Dec 23: The Karnataka government has so far traced 138 passengers who had arrived in the state from the UK without a Covid-19 test report, said Health Minister Dr Sudhakar on Wednesday.
As many as 2,500 international passengers had arrived in Karnataka from the UK between November 25 and December 23. However, out of these, 138 who returned on December 19 and 20 from the UK did not have a negative Covid-19 certificate.
Sudhakar revealed that all these 138 passengers from the UK had been traced and their samples had been collected. We are awaiting the test results soon, Dr Sudhakar said. The collected samples will be sent to one of the four labs in Bengaluru that specialise in genetic sequencing NIMHANS, National Centre for Biological Sciences, IISc or National Institute of Virology, Bengaluru Field Unit, according to the minister