Covid-19 Coronavirus India Update: More than 950 flyers from London have been tested at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3 and out of the total, 11 tested Covid good.
As several as 5 Coronavirus good flyers from the United Kingdom went missing from Delhi Airport (DEL) just before getting traced and brought back. These 5 covid good flyers became untraceable right after they landed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Tuesday, December 22. Authorities managed to trace 3 of these flyers on Tuesday evening itself and 1 was identified in Punjab’s Ludhiana and a different was tracked in Andhra Pradesh, according to an Indian Express report.
Out of the 5 Covid good flyers from the UK, 3 passengers have been admitted to Delhi’s Lok Nayak hospital on Tuesday evening. However, out of the other two, a 46-year-old man hailing from Pandori village of Amritsar managed to get out of the Delhi airport without having getting noticed. He then reached Ludhiana and admitted himself into a private hospital. However, on Wednesday morning he was shifted back to Delhi, Ludhiana Additional Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Kumar stated adding that the form of strain of Covid in the man’s body was but to be ascertained, as per the IE report.
The man went to Ludhiana given that his nephew is a hospital employee and reached Fortis Hospital along with his wife. His wife was also travelling on the similar flight from the UK. When officials from Delhi informed the officials in Ludhiana, the man was tracked and his wife and nephew have been isolated. While officials in Delhi wanted the patient to be shifted back to the national capital on Tuesday evening, the Ludhiana administration decided to transport him in an ambulance on Wednesday morning as he was Covid good, the IE report says.
Meanwhile, the Covid good passenger, who managed to attain Andhra Pradesh, was tracked on Wednesday afternoon. The loophole behind this improvement will be ascertained, IE reported quoting Delhi Health Department sources.
More than 950 flyers from London have been tested at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3 and out of the total, 11 tested Covid good. The samples collected from these 11 people have been sent to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Delhi for genome sequencing study to ascertain regardless of whether they have been carrying the new Covid strain that has been traced in the UK, Genestrings Diagnostic Centre stated in a statement. Delhi-primarily based Genestrings Diagnostic Centre has tied up with Delhi government to conduct Covid-19 tests at the Delhi airport.