Hyderabad: With the mortality report because the omicron variant of the Coronavirus emerged from the UK, the Ministry of Health has sharpened the lens on passengers who entered the UK because this is the top destination from which the majority of international passengers landed at Shamshabad airport has been tested for Covid-19.
As a result, intense follow-up of passengers, who have returned before but was tested negatively in airport filtering, also being carried out.
The reason why Britain is the top threat to Telangana, according to the source, is that the maximum number of direct flights from ‘at risk’ countries that landed at the airport from England.
The recurring test was carried out on more than 1,000 passengers after eight days of arrival and finishing the quarantine of the house, producing one of the passengers returned in the UK who tested the RT-PCR test.
Samples from patients have been sent for genome sequencing.
“We have monitored travelers from the United Kingdom and 9-10 other high-risk countries and regularly follow up.
We further demanded vigiles in regularly.
We will monitor every two weeks,” said the Director of the Public Health State Dr.
G Srinivasa Rao.
Health officials are awaiting the results of the genome sequencing of three positive passengers Covid-19, including people tested positive on Monday.
At present, domestic leaflets, which may have landed at other airports, are not checked.
The case of a domestic traveler landed at another international airport and then tested positively appeared in neighboring Andhra Pradesh.
“Usually, passengers who enter will land at an international airport in the country and will undergo a required RT-PCR test there.
Once they are in the quarantine of the house, they are being monitored,” added the state health director.
At present, domestic leaflets that have landed at other airports, are not checked.
In one such case, a traveler who landed at another international airport was then tested positive in the AP