Hyderabad: All suspects 13 Omicron in Telangana were tested negatively for the new variant of the virus on Monday saying health authorities confirmed that the new variant had not entered the country.
13, which has arrived from various high-risk countries have been positively tested for Covid-19 in the RT-PCR test conducted at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad and shifted to the Gachibowli Telangana Medical Institute (TIMS).
Their sample was sent for genome sequencing.
35-year-old female passengers who have arrived in the city of Germany and are the first to be positively tested for Covid-19 in the RT-PCR test in RGIA, declared negative Omicron after the genome sequencing report came before that day, from the center of cellular and molecular biology ( Ccmb).
He was dismissed from the time at night.
The genome sequencing report of 12 other passengers who have arrived from various high-risk countries is too tested negatively for new variants on Monday.
“None of the passengers who have been tested positively have any symptoms according to the source.
All suspects are healthy and do not have any medication.
They are ready to be issued,” said a senior official.
All suspects will be monitored and the test will be repeated after a week.
“A total of 535 passengers landed in RGIA on Monday but none of them were tested positively in the RT-PCR test.
So far, a total of 1,805 passengers from high-risk countries have arrived in the city and all monitored for every symptom that might arise, “Dr.
G Srinivasa Rao, Director of Public Health, the State of Telangana.