Bengaluru: At a time when Karnataka is heaving a sigh of relief with declining instances of coronavirus, 3 folks who returned from the United Kingdom have been identified to be infected by the new coronavirus variant which is reported to be more infectious.
All the 3 are residents of Bengaluru, and out of them two are a lady and her youngster, confirmed Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar. He mentioned the major and secondary contacts of these patients are becoming traced and tested.
More samples are becoming tested to ascertain if other folks who had returned from the UK are carrying the mutated version of the virus.
So far 26 folks have returned to Karnataka from the UK in the previous month and have tested positive for the virus but it was not established however if they carried the variant. As a precautionary measure, all these patients have been kept in government hospitals.
Some passengers on the flights from the UK have not been tested however as they have apparently switched off their mobile phones and have remained untraceable, the Health Minister mentioned. The division will take legal action against these folks if they do not cooperate with the government authorities, he added.