Guwahati: International tourists who are bound by Assam, many of their cellphones are turned off, have raised concerns in the health department in the midst of scare omicron.
The source at the State Health Department told TII that passengers, registered on the air suvidha portal, are thought to be in other Metro or enter the state through land routes to avoid covid tests.
Consider the inactivity nature of the new variant, the lack of timely tests has pose a threat from the possibility of spread.
“Even when the State Health Department is aware of the arrival of passengers in India, travelers cannot be tracked.
They registered their cellphones turned off or cannot be reached.
In the midst of scare Omicron, this has emerged as a concern,” said senior health department officials.
The district monitoring team felt difficult to track some of these passengers, whose notes had been taken to central notice.
“Some do not respond to health monitoring teams.
Some telephones are still turned off, while some behave badly with health officials by telephone.
Many do not reply to email requests sent by the district team,” officially added.
The State Health Department has not officially confirmed the Omicron case.
However, the genome sequencing report of many foreign tourists, which has been tested positively, has not been received by the Ministry of Health.
“The entire Genome sequencing report is only 12 of the 29 positive foreign returns Covid has been received.
There are several cases infected with Omicron suspected that the report has not been sent,” officially added.
About 2,377 international travelers entered Assam through air route since December 1, 29 changed positively and samples from all were sent to the sequencing genome.
In Kamrup (Metro), the highest 803 tourists have arrived.
Significantly, some foreign tourists have also tested positive covids in recent weeks.
Sources said contact contacts suspected of being infected by Omicron, which originated from Tinsukia Regency has been carried out.
But there have been no reports of viruses that spread to fellow travelers.