At least 22 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in India after returning from the United Kingdom, where a new coronavirus variant tha...
At least 22 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in India after returning from the United Kingdom, where a new coronavirus variant that is potentially more infectious has emerged, NDTV reported on Thursday.
Of these, 11 tested positive in Delhi, eight in Amritsar, two in Kolkata and one in Chennai. Five tested positive for the coronavirus in Delhi on Tuesday, while six others were found to be infected the next day, according to the Hindustan Times.
Gauri Agarwal, founder of the Genestrings Diagnostic Center which is responsible for coronavirus testing of all passengers at the Delhi airport, said that the 11 passengers were on four flights from London, according to PTI. “Testing was done comprehensively, as directed, irrespective of any existing reports or exemptions,” she said. “A total of 950+ inbound passengers from London were tested at our lab at T3 terminal, Indira Gandhi International Airport and 11 of them tested positive.”
She added that the positive samples have been sent to National Centre for Disease Control in Delhi for further research using genome sequencing. “We do not know yet if any of these positive cases are infected with the new UK strain,” Agarwal added.
On Tuesday, the health ministry issued a standard operating procedure for people coming to India from the UK...
