Amritsar: After most leaflets, arriving at Amritsar International Airport Sri Teacher Ram Das was tested positive for the second day in a row, the district health authority, arrested the false positive results of the RT-PCR test, on Friday decided to carry out a confirmation test.
As many as 373 international passengers came here from Italy on Thursday and Friday.
Amritsar Civil surgeons have also directed investigations of private laboratory functions that conduct this test at the airport.
Amritsar Airport Director V K Seth said the total of 285 passengers had arrived from Italy on Friday.
“RT-PCR report of 210 passengers shared with us, where 173 was tested positive while reporting 75 passengers could not be concluded because of some technical problems,” he said.
After this, a meeting of senior health department officials was held and decided to conduct a confirmation test conducted from all international passengers testing positive on Thursday and Friday.
The source said the confirmation test from all positive tested passengers would be made for free.
The health authority will collect a sample of 75 people whose reports remain inconclusive from their homes or they can go to hospitals in each district for the test.
On Thursday, 125 of 179 leaflets arriving at Amritsar from Italy were tested positive for Covid-19.
All passengers were sent to isolation centers in their respective cities while 13 of Amritsar escaped.
The district government has announced strict steps against them, including the cancellation of their passports, declaring them ’10 Numbari ‘and registration of police cases.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Ruhi Dugg said on Friday that four of the 13 patients were absconded reported in the hospital but went after giving their samples.
He said civil administration had sent their details to the police to take them to hospitals from their homes, following what other actions would be taken.
The source said two patients ‘absconding’ got themselves tested from several other laboratories on Friday and tested negative for Covid 19.
In RT-PCR machines that were quickly installed at Sri International Airport Teacher Ram Das for 100% passenger testing The airport after Omicron spreads.
Every passenger is charged with RS 2,700 per RT-PCR test that is fast.
A civil surgeon, Dr.
Charanjit Singh stated his surprise at a large number of testing positive leaflets in sequence for the second day.
“A total of 172 of 285 were tested positively, raising questions for laboratory functions.
I have directed that the investigation was carried out,” he said.
Imposing the official release at the end of Friday night, 3 of the 13 ‘Absconding’ 19 patients treated in the insulation ward of Nanak Dev Master Hospital while the rest was isolated in their homes.