Four UK people arriving from London tested positive for Covid at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Tuesday (December 22). They have been admitted to the hospital.
Four UK people arriving from London tested positive for Covid at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Tuesday (December 22). They have been admitted to the hospital.
The people were on Air India flight AI 1172 that brought 275 people from UK and landed at the city at 10:30 am. All flight operations from UK have been cancelled by the Centre from today till December 31, after a fresh strain of Covid was detected there.
An AMC health official confirmed that all four have been admitted to SVP Hospital run by AMC. Genomic sequencing would be done of the sample of the four passengers to see ‘if it is the usual strain or the new mutant strain detected in the UK’.
The fresh strain is suspected to be a result of several mutations in the spike protein of Covid. One passenger is a British national of Indian origin. The remaining 271 people have been advised to be in home quarantine for the next two weeks.
An official of the Adani Group told the Indian Express, “We have been following standard operating procedures decided by the Union government regarding the pandemic till now. On the new coronavirus variant, we are awaiting new SOPs from the state or union government. As the UK flight landed at SVPI airport, RT-PCR tests were conducted for all 275 passengers and we ensured that they were provided water, snacks and seating arrangements.”
