NEW DELHI: Various states at country are on high alert as 18 more flyers from the UK tested positive For him COVID-19 virus Thursday, bringing cumulative infections to 47 since Sunday. However, there is no confirmation yet if it is the new Covid-19 virus. Pressure recently discovered in the UK.
Of the 18 new cases, seven are from Telangana, five from Kerala, four from Karnataka, and one from Odisha and Assam. Seven people who returned from the UK to Telangana in the last month tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.
Seven people who returned from the UK to Telangana in the last month tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.
Your samples have now been sent to the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) for genome sequencing to find out if they are affected by the existing strain of the virus or the recently mutated highly infectious UK variant. Sources told TOI that state health officials have gone on high alert and are aggressively tracking the contacts of those who tested positive.
“The seven patients have been kept in isolation at various hospitals, separate from the other Covid-19 patients,” said a health department official.
The coronavirus strain has not yet been tested. One returnee claimed that passengers were not properly screened before boarding the flight in the UK or after their arrival in India.
(With inputs from Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati)
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