According to officials, COVID-19 has been detected in four of the six people who arrived in Delhi on Wednesday from “at-risk” countries such as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.The National Center for Disease Control and Prevention has received their samples and will sequence their genomes to see if they have the new Omicron variant.
According to authorities, all six people involved have been admitted to LNJP Hospital, where they will be isolated and treated in a ward designed specifically for them.
“Between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m., Indira Gandhi International Airport received four flights from Amsterdam and London, each carrying 1,013 passengers. Four of the passengers were discovered to be positive “According to a source.
Three patients were among the 372 passengers who boarded the Amsterdam-bound flight. The plane carried 176 passengers, including the fourth patient, and took off from London. According to him, they are all Indian citizens.
According to Gauri Agarwal, the director of Genestrings Diagnostics, the company that performs Covid-19 tests at the airport, the results are accurate. “On an average day, we run around 2,000 tests. The samples are also handled with great care.”
Among the “at-risk” countries are many European countries, as well as the United Kingdom and Brazil, as well as South Africa, Botswana, and China. Zimbabwe, Mauritius, and New Zealand are among the other “at-risk” countries.
Travelers from these “at-risk” countries can begin arriving in India on Tuesday at midnight.
Passengers arriving from “at-risk” countries must now pass RT-PCR tests before being allowed to leave the airport.
In addition, 5% of passengers arriving from countries other than the United States will be randomly tested.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday that a third Covid-19 wave would necessitate the capital to construct 63,800 new beds.
