Two international passengers test Covid +ve as Tamil Nadu logs 610 cases, 4 deaths

CHENNAI: Two more international passengers, who arrived at Chennai Airport from the United Kingdom, have tested positive for Covid-19 infection.
So far, 81 passengers were found infected on arrival. All their samples were sent to for genome sequencing to find out if they were infected with the new variants, Omicron.
Results of 13 samples are back. Only one was found infected with Omicron and eight were infected by the Delta variant and four were categorised as 'not-in-sequence' (meaning their samples will be repeated).
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu health department in its labs found out S-gene drop in 33 of these patients. "All of them had mild infections and are doing well. They will be discharged once they test negative after seven or eight days," said Ma Subramanian, health minister.
On Sunday, a total of 610 tested positive and four died of Covid-19 in the state.
Chennai reported the maximum number of new cases (129). The capital city did not report any deaths after five months. Despite increased testing in the district, the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) is still under one percent. It is slightly higher compared to the state's TPR of 0.6%. There was no vaccination camp on Sunday as health workers, who were part of the 15th mega camp, were given a day off. So far, 84% have received their first doses in TN and 54% are fully vaccinated.
Chennai: Two more international passengers, who arrived at Chennai Airport from the United Kingdom, have tested positive for Covid-19 infection.
So far, 81 passengers were found infected on arrival. All their samples were sent to for genome sequencing to find out if they were infected with the new variants, Omicron.
Results of 13 samples are back. Only one was found infected with Omicron and eight were infected by the Delta variant and four were categorised as 'not-in-sequence' (meaning their samples will be repeated).
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu health department in its labs found out S-gene drop in 33 of these patients. "All of them had mild infections and are doing well. They will be discharged once they test negative after seven or eight days," said Ma Subramanian, health minister.
On Sunday, a total of 610 tested positive and four died of Covid-19 in the state.
Chennai reported the maximum number of new cases (129). The capital city did not report any deaths after five months. Despite increased testing in the district, the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) is still under one percent. It is slightly higher compared to the state's TPR of 0.6%. There was no vaccination camp on Sunday as health workers, who were part of the 15th mega camp, were given a day off. So far, 84% have received their first doses in TN and 54% are fully vaccinated.