Union Aviation Minister says foresee short extension of temporary suspension of UK flights into India ANI | Updated: Dec 29, 2020 16:38 IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that he foresees a short extension of the suspension of flights from the United Kingdom to contain the spread of the new variant of coronavirus that was first detected in that country.
This comes a day after six people who had recently returned to India from the UK were found positive for the new mutant strain of the coronavirus. I foresee a short extension on this temporary suspension. I do not see the extension to be long or indefinite, Puri said while addressing media at an annual press conference on Civil Aviation.
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New Delhi: Six UK returnees have been found positive for the new UK variant coronavirus genome in India. The Union Health Minister stated that samples of three UK returnees have been tested and found positive for new UK strain in NIMHANS, Bengaluru, two in Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad and one in National Institute of Virology, Pune.
All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective State Governments.
Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others. Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on, the Union Health Ministry stated.
No evidence of expansion of UK COVID-19 strain in Andhra, says official ANI | Updated: Dec 29, 2020 22:54 IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 29 (ANI): There is no evidence of expansion of the United Kingdom coronavirus strain in Andhra Pradesh, Katamneni Bhaskar, state health and family welfare department commissioner, has said. A woman belonging to Rajahmundry city tested positive for the UK Strain. There is no spread of the UK strain in Andhra Pradesh from her. Her son who travelled with her tested negative, Bhaskar said on Tuesday.
The Commissioner has appealed to public that there is no need to panic and do not believe in rumours as situation is being continuously monitored by the government.
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