Hyderabad: Telangana recorded 12 new cases of Omicron variants from Covid-19 on Saturday, taking the number of cases like that in the State of the 20th.
Telangana now has the third highest omicron case in the country, after Maharashtra and Delhi.
Of the 12 new cases detected on Saturday, two international passengers have originated from high-risk countries while the remaining 10 originated from non-risk countries say health authorities.
“Nine of them are foreign nationals and three come from India.
Six passengers come from Kenya, two of Somalia, two of UAE, one from Ghana and one from Tanzania,” said Dr.
Srinivasa Rao, Director of Public Health.
So far, 20 positive samples of Covid-19 have been tested negatively in the genome sequencing test.
A total of 7,206 passengers have arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, where 315 passengers arrived on Saturday.
Samples sent for genome sequencing after being tested positive covids in this country have touched 100.
according to the source, around 100 samples have been sent to the sequencing of the genome (since December 13) by the state government to concentrate fingerprints and DNA diagnostics (CDFD), UPPAL.
“Most of these samples are international passengers who are in the quarantine of the house and have been positively tested in RT-PCR tests after eight days of return and monitoring.
From 37 only 37 was a positive sample passenger at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) Shamshabad.
Authority Health has monitored carefully in the quarantine of the house, “said a source.
Learned that less than half of the suspects Omicron had returned from high-risk countries.
“Some have taken flights that connect from Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, while others come from high-risk countries.
There are also some who have tested positive at airports from those who have landed from non-risk countries,” Add the source.
Alleged cases spread in five districts, confirmed sources.