Nagpur: Of the 103 flyers whose swab samples were collected on Wednesday at Nagpur airport, 12 from Delhi have reported positive in the RT-PCR test. These flyers were tested as they were not carrying a Covid negative report as mandated by the state SOP for travellers coming in from four hotspot states — Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa being the other three.
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) health team found another 24 flyers arriving without a Covid negative report on Thursday. They too were tested and the results are awaited.
Additional municipal commissioner Sanjay Nipane said that NMC immediately started monitoring and contact tracing of the 12 flyers who tested positive. “Our teams called them up and counselled as per Covid protocol. They have been asked to isolate themselves at home if asymptomatic or shift to Pachpaoli CCC. We also advised them to immediately get hospitalized at medical colleges or private hospitals, as per their choice, if they develop symptoms,†he said.
The development has caused a concern among civic circles as the travellers can bring new virus strain to the city from hotspots while the situation here is pretty much under control, said officials.
For the second consecutive day, the Central Railway screened over 1,000 passengers at the station and didn’t find anyone symptomatic. As per the NMC record, around seven passengers took antigen test on their own and were found negative. “No passenger has so far showed any symptoms. The seven persons who were tested didn’t have fever, cough or cold,†said the civic officials.
Central Railway assistant commercial manager (ACM) and spokesperson SG Rao said that nine trains arrived in the city from Delhi and Gujarat on Thursday. “In all, 1,230 passengers arriving from the affected states were screened for temperature and symptoms. The process was carried out smoothly,†said Rao.
Similarly, none of the road passengers was found to be positive or showed any symptoms during the checking started on Thursday. A day before, the cops had done the preparations but district officials didn’t reach the border points.
The district authorities, assisted by cops, checked road travellers at four points in Narkhed taluka, and one point at Narkhed railway station. Another team will be deployed by the tehsildar at Kelvad taluka from Friday to check travellers coming from Delhi, Gujarat and Rajasthan.