Rapid Covid test of passengers coming from abroad continues at Delhi airport, some passengers found positive

Rapid Covid Test: ‘Random’ covid testing of international flight passengers continued for the second consecutive day at Delhi airport on Sunday, some of which have been found to be corona infected. An official of Genstrings Diagnostic Center said that 455 passengers were randomly tested for COVID-19 at Delhi airport from 10 am on Saturday (December 24) to 7 pm on Sunday (December 25), test reports of some passengers came positive. Is. Specific details could not be immediately ascertained. Please tell that Genstrings is investigating the corona virus at Delhi airport.

in various countries including China corona virus Amidst the rapid increase in the number of cases, the Government of India has made random coronavirus testing mandatory for two percent of the passengers coming from every international flights from Saturday.

Corona investigation of 500 passengers is being done daily

In the statement released by the government, it has been said that on an average 25,000 passengers arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) every day. Out of those passengers in whom symptoms related to corona are being found, 500 such passengers are being investigated. By the end of the first day on Saturday (December 24), Genestrings had tested around 110 Covid samples.

Dr. Gauri Agarwal, founder of Genstrings Diagnostic Center, who is examining at the airport, said that following the instructions issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, two percent of the passengers arriving at Delhi IGI Airport are being screened. He told that by the end of the first day, Genestrings had tested about 110 Covid samples, while by Sunday the number of tests increased to 450. Two of these passengers have been found to be corona positive, while less than half of them are being found suspicious.

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