14 more UK returnees test positive for new coronavirus strain, takes tally to 20
The tally includes six people who were found positive for the new virus strain on Tuesday.
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The tally includes six people who were found positive for the new virus strain on Tuesday.
Read more about Two more contacts of UK returnees test coronavirus positive in Delhi on Business Standard. Two more contacts of people who were found infected with Covid-19 after returning from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the disease, officials said
Jamshedpur: The East Singhbhum district administration on Saturday said it has put six persons, who returned to the Steel City from the United Kingdom, under home isolation for the next seven days. They have, however, tested negative for Covid-19. Additional chief medical officer Sahir Pall said all six persons, including one woman and from different age groups, arrived in India between December 11 and December 20 and came to Jamshedpur this week. “We have conducted RT-PCR test on them and their 28 family members. All of them tested negative,” Pall said, adding that they are residents o...
As part of the surveillance strategy at work, all passengers who came from UK between December 21 to 23 have been tested for Covid-19 at airports and passengers who report negative are allowed to exit. On Saturday, the NTF deliberated on aspects related to current National Treatment Protocol, testing strategy and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 vis-à-vis the UK variant strain. The meeting was convened by ICMR under co-chairpersonship of Vinod Paul, member, Niti Aayog, and ICMR director general Balram Bhargava. NTF concluded that there is no need to change existing treatment protocol in view of ...
Updated Dec 25, 2020, 12:29 am IST A total of 1,200 persons have returned to the state from the UK in recent times A health worker sorts samples obtained for the COVID-19 test. (PTI) Hyderabad: Seven among those who have returned to Telangana state from the United Kingdom have tested positive for Covid-19. Their samples have been sent to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology for genome sequencing to ascertain whether they have contracted the new strain. A total of 1,200 persons have returned to the state from the UK in recent times. Of them, 846 persons have been identified. ...