: Mumbai: Passenger from South Africa tests positive for Covid, samples sent to check for new strain #IndiaNEWS A 32-year-old resident of Dombivli town of Thane district, who arrived from South Africa

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Mumbai: Passenger from South Africa tests positive for Covid, samples sent to check for new strain #IndiaNEWS
A 32-year-old resident of Dombivli town of Thane district, who arrived from South Africa last week, tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival at the Mumbai airport, The Times of India reported on Monday. It is not presently clear if he has been infected with the new Omicron variant of coronavirus. His blood sample has been sent for genome sequencing.The passenger had travelled from Cape Town to Delhi via Dubai on November 24. He gave a sample for coronavirus testing in Delhi, following which he was allowed to board a connecting flight to Mumbai, Pratibha Panpatil, chief medical officer of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation told The Indian Express.The test result of the sample that the passenger submitted in Delhi came positive, according to The Times of India. According to the Centre’s November 11 guidelines for international passengers, they need to submit RT-PCR test samples on landing, after which they are allowed to leave the airport. Passengers, however, need to follow home quarantine for seven days, and get tested again on the eighth day.“He [the passenger] is asymptomatic and had home quarantined himself,� Panpatil said. “Later, the corporation quarantined him in an institution.�The Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation officials said that they have alerted airport authorities and that efforts were underway to locate the 32-year-old Dombivli resident’s co-passengers. Between November...Read more

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