The man is asymptomatic and is currently in home isolation, said the health official (Representative)
Pune:
A man who had returned to Pune from the UK in the second week of December was found to have tested positive for coronavirus, a health official said on Friday.
The person’s swab samples will be sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) to check if they have been infected by the new strain of the virus found in the UK, said Dr Sanjiv Waware, Pune Municipal Deputy Health Director Corporation.
The man was one of 544 people, including 300 from the city of Pune, who had recently returned to the Pune district according to a list provided by the Maharashtra government, he said.
“This man returned to Pune on December 13 and tested positive on December 17. We will send his swab samples to NIV to sequence the genome and verify if the virus is the same as the new strain,” said Dr. Waware.
The man is asymptomatic and is currently in home isolation, he said.
After a new coronavirus variant was detected in the UK, the Union government requested tracing of passengers who arrived in India from the UK between November 25 and December 23.
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