The test report of the first UK returnee to test positive for COVID-19 is expected from the National Institute of Virology in two days.
Four passengers who returned to Tamil Nadu from the UK tested positive for the new coronavirus on Friday. Among the four members, one patient is from Madurai, two patients are from Thanjavur, and one more patient is from Mogappair in Chennai. So far, five returnees from the UK have tested positive for coronavirus in the state.
The Indian government recently suspended flights from the UK after the country reported a variant of coronavirus that spread faster.
Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said: “The patient from Madurai returned on November 29, while the two patients from Thanjavur returned on December 16 to Tamil Nadu via Delhi, and the patient from Mogappair returned to Chennai. on December 17 “.
All the patients were transferred to a special isolation ward for treatment at the district’s government hospitals, he said.
The Secretary of Health said: “All the parameters of the patients are under control and they do not present abnormal symptoms. We are awaiting reports from the National Institute of Virology, Pune. We have also sent samples of the remaining four passengers to NIV Pune. We are waiting for the first passenger report in two days ”.
The Health Secretary, who also gave details on the number of people in quarantine, said that among the 2,390 returnees who are being closely monitored, Chennai has 1,034 returnees in quarantine, followed by Chengalpattu with 226 returnees, Kancheepuram with 202 returnees, Coimbatore with 110 returnees, Trichy with 104 returnees, Madurai with 88 returnees, Thanjavur with 72 returnees, Thiruvallur with 71 returnees, Thiruvarur with 38 returnees, Nagapattinam with 39 returnees, Cuddalore with 36 returnees and Thiruneveli with 34 returnees.
He said they have sampled 1,114 people who have returned to Tamil Nadu from the UK in the 10 days before the flights were stopped. Currently 782 tests are being processed, the results of the remaining samples, including the five patients who tested positive, have come in. ”
A total of 1,027 people tested positive for the new coronavirus on Friday, bringing the total number of active coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu to 9,129. Chennai registered 292 positive cases on Friday.
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