Coronavirus Updates: Corona was found among 13 foreign passengers at IGI Airport, taken to Safdarjung Hospital
Covid 19 in India: Thermal screening of all the passengers coming from India and abroad is being done. On December 26, on the day of the mock drill, Covid-19 (Covid 19) was found during thermal screening in 13 foreign passengers who reached IGI Airport from different countries of the world. After this, all those passengers were separated and the samples were sent for examination.
On the day of the mock drill, 13 foreign passengers were brought to Safdarjung Hospital from Delhi’s IGI Airport. (File Photo-PTI)
Highlights
- Thermal screening of all foreign passengers arriving at IGI Airport
- All passengers were brought from IGI Airport to Safdarjung Hospital
- Special emphasis is also being given to genome sequencing of all samples.
New Delhi. In many countries of the world, the government is fully alert in view of the situation arising out of the rapidly increasing number of coronavirus patients. Mock drills were organized across the country to take stock of the condition of hospitals at the state level and the preparedness to deal with Covid-19. On the same day of this mock drill, 13 foreign passengers from Delhi’s IGI Airport were brought to Safdarjung Hospital after a random test found corona positive. All these passengers were asymptomatic.
According to the news of Times of India, random checking is being done at the airport to detect patients infected with the coronavirus. Thermal screening of all the passengers coming from India and abroad is being done. Also, if symptoms of Covid-19 are found in them, the sample is sent for examination.
Last December 26, on the day of the mock drill, 13 foreign passengers who arrived at IGI Airport from different countries of the world had covid during thermal screening, but they were asymptomatic (no symptoms). After this, all those passengers were separated and the sample was sent for examination. According to an official of the hospital, all the passengers were brought from IGI Airport to Safdarjung Hospital.
Let us inform you that in view of the increasing number of corona patients in many countries of the world, the Government of India started rapid testing for Covid-19 testing of foreign passengers arriving at all the airports of the country last December 24. Every day a large number of passengers on international flights are being tested.
A large number of samples are being collected for corona testing. In these, the reports of passengers are also getting positive. After this, all these samples are also sent for genome sequencing. In the coming time, the scope of the investigation can be increased further.
Corona’s sub-variants have caused havoc in these countries
Meanwhile, the Omicron sub-variant BF.7 of Corona is spreading rapidly in countries like China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, France, Italy, Germany, and Brazil. A large number of people are also dying due to its grip. The situation in the hospitals has also become very bad. Apart from medicines, there is a huge shortage of other things. In such a situation, the Government of India has already made every possible effort to deal with any challenge.
