All International Covid-Positive Passengers To Be Tested For New Strain
A temporary ban on the flights connecting to UK could be extended beyond December 31, Union minister Hardeep Puri hints
PTI 29 December 2020 PTI outlookindia.com 2020-12-29T22:01:11+05:30
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With at least six UK-returnees found infected with the new mutated strain of the coronavirus, the government on Tuesday directed genome sequencing of samples from all passengers who arrived in India from December 9 to 22 and tested positive for Covid-19 or were symptomatic as it further ramped up its surveillance and containment strategy.
Among those found infected by the new strain is a 47-year-old woman who had managed to give the slip to authorities in New Delhi after returning from the UK on December 21 and had reached Andhra Pradesh by train before being picked up, but the state health commissioner stressed that none of her contacts have been found infected.
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At least 24 passengers from UK test Covid positive in India
At least 24 passengers from the UK who arrived in India have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The United Kingdom is hit by new coronavirus strain, prompting many countries including India to shut the operations of flights.Â
As per the data available, while eight passenges who landed in Amritsar have tested positive for the virus, six and five have tested position for infection in Delhi and Ahmedabad, respectively. Two each have tested positive for Covid-19 in Kolkata and Bengaluru. One passenger also tested posted positive in Chennai.
In view of the new strain, the government on Tuesday issued a stringent set of SOPs mandating RT-PCR tests at airports for each traveller from Britain. The government has also issued a statement that there is no need to panic but people should be more vigilant.
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The Greater Chennai Corporation authorities in coordination with public health department were monitoring the health status of returnees by following measures already in place, he said.
Six passengers, who travelled on Air India’s London- Delhi flight, that arrived on Monday have tested positive for COVID-19.
Five passengers were found positive at Delhi airport and another person, who boarded a connecting flight to Chennai from the national capital tested positive here.
After a new variant of the coronavirus, said to be more virulent surfaced in the United Kingdom, a majority of the country was brought under a ‘strictest’ lockdown with all non-essential businesses being shut.
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The passenger, who tested positive has been admitted to the state-run King s Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research here, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said.
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A passenger who arrived here from London via Delhi has tested positive for coronavirus and genomes from his sample would be analysed to see if it matched with the new strain of the pathogen detected in the United Kingdom, a senior official said here on Tuesday. The passenger, who tested positive has been admitted to the state-run King s Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research here, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said.