Noida: Five people, who arrived at GB Nagar recently from England, which is one of the “risky”, and Singapore countries, has been tested positively Covid-19 infection amid concerns over virus viruses, new districts said officials on the day Monday.
Singapore was taken from the list last week.
The sixth person who has returned to India from the US on November 20, was also tested positive for infections, officials said.
Two of the patients, officials said, identified and taken to a special ward of Noida Covid Hospital for travelers from foreign countries after they tested the positive virus, allegedly left the facility without telling the staff on Sunday night.
Patients – a duo of the children and sectors 137 who recently went to Singapore – then traced and taken back to the hospital on Monday.
“They felt uncomfortable living in hospitals and returned home while hospital staff finished formality to recognize them.
After the hospital the hospital knew about it, they told the Ministry of Health.
When a police team and health officials reached the address given by women That, only his parents were found at home.
After the team advised his parents and told them about the violation of the Covid protocol by the woman, the two patients returned to the hospital on Monday, “officials said.
According to officials, the other three including their five-year-old couple and son, all Sector 44 residents who recently returned from England, which are one of the “risky” countries.
While the sample of all five people has been sent to sequence the genome to the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, officials said the patient was asymptomatic and is currently accepted in the isolation ward at the Sector 39 hospital.
On Monday, three people from various parts The district was also tested positive for Covid positive, including a 45-year-old man who had returned from the US on November 20, when a warning for foreign travelers did not exist.
The man planned to return to the US and had tested it himself when he felt positive for the virus.
At present, he is in a house isolation, officials said.
So far, the Government of GB Nagar has received a list of around 4,729 people who have returned from abroad, including 1,101 from “risky” countries.
From them, around 190 were tested until Sunday, officials said.
Ghaziabad, who has received a list of 3,569 travelers from foreign countries, has been tested 626 so far.
No one was found positive in this district.
At present, there are 24 active cases in GB Nagar, which is the second highest in the state after Lucknow with 29 cases.
In third place is Ghaziabad with 20 active cases.
A senior health official, meanwhile, said the Covid guidelines had been activated at GB Nagar and the team had been deployed to track contact with travelers from abroad.
“The number of rapid response teams has also increased and private hospitals have been asked to remain vigilant so they can be converted into covid facilities with short notice,” officially added.
According to the latest government travel guidelines, travelers from “risky” countries are needed to follow additional steps on arrival, including post-arrival testing.
Meanwhile, all travelers from abroad, which tests Covid’s positive, is required to be accepted at Covid isolation facilities specifically for monitoring.
According to the latest government travel guidelines, all passengers, whose list is available for the health department by the government, is required to continue to be monitored by telephone for seven days with integrated command and control room.
If someone develops symptoms, the Ministry of Health is asked to send their RRT team and test them for infection.
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