VISAKHAPATNAM: An Andhra Pradesh woman, who landed in Delhi from the UK, sounded alarms after she tested positive for Covid-19 and disappeared from the airport without informing anyone. It is unclear whether the woman tested positive for the old strain or its new variant, but authorities say they cannot afford to take risks.
Originally from Rajahmundry, the woman returned to India on December 21 and soon after gave her swab samples for testing. Before his result could come in, he left the airport and boarded the New Delhi-Visakhapatnam special train.
He then turned off his mobile, apparently after learning that the police had contacted members of his family.
AP health officials, who were unable to reach the woman on her mobile phone, filed a complaint with Rajahmundry police on Wednesday after her family told them she had boarded a train. Authorities told TOI that the woman’s behavior was dangerous, as she could come into contact with numerous people on the nearly 1,800-kilometer journey, many of whom will be difficult to track.
With East Godavari District Health Services Coordinator Dr. T Ramesh Kishore, filing a complaint with the Rajahmundry Urban District Police, police and prosecutors jumped into action and contacted the family of the passenger. The family said the woman would arrive in Rajahmundry early Thursday. Railway officials have also been informed.
The train stops in Telangana and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. Authorities told TOI that passengers in the compartment the woman is traveling in will be subjected to Covid-19 testing. They are likely to be eliminated at Rajahmundry. However, they are quiet about the passengers, who would get off at Vijayawada and places in Telangana.
Kishore told TOI that his son went to Delhi to take the woman to Rajahmundry.
“We would ask passengers in the compartment to get off at Rajahmundry for Covid testing. However, if passengers wish to disembark at Visakhapatnam, we will inform the officials there to make the necessary arrangements. We have prepared the government hospital in Rajahmundry to test and quarantine these passengers, ”said Dr. Kishore.
Originally from Rajahmundry, the woman returned to India on December 21 and soon after gave her swab samples for testing. Before his result could come in, he left the airport and boarded the New Delhi-Visakhapatnam special train.
He then turned off his mobile, apparently after learning that the police had contacted members of his family.
AP health officials, who were unable to reach the woman on her mobile phone, filed a complaint with Rajahmundry police on Wednesday after her family told them she had boarded a train. Authorities told TOI that the woman’s behavior was dangerous, as she could come into contact with numerous people on the nearly 1,800-kilometer journey, many of whom will be difficult to track.
With East Godavari District Health Services Coordinator Dr. T Ramesh Kishore, filing a complaint with the Rajahmundry Urban District Police, police and prosecutors jumped into action and contacted the family of the passenger. The family said the woman would arrive in Rajahmundry early Thursday. Railway officials have also been informed.
The train stops in Telangana and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. Authorities told TOI that passengers in the compartment the woman is traveling in will be subjected to Covid-19 testing. They are likely to be eliminated at Rajahmundry. However, they are quiet about the passengers, who would get off at Vijayawada and places in Telangana.
Kishore told TOI that his son went to Delhi to take the woman to Rajahmundry.
“We would ask passengers in the compartment to get off at Rajahmundry for Covid testing. However, if passengers wish to disembark at Visakhapatnam, we will inform the officials there to make the necessary arrangements. We have prepared the government hospital in Rajahmundry to test and quarantine these passengers, ”said Dr. Kishore.
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