7 out of 1,200 people who returned from UK test COVID-19 positive in Telangana ANI | Updated: Dec 25, 2020 01:02 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 25 (ANI): Seven people out of 1,200 who came from the UK to Telangana since December 9 have tested positive for COVID-19.
Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender held a review meeting with senior officials of the department on the steps being taken in the state in the wake of global concerns with the new virus strain. Officials informed the minister that 1,200 air passengers had returned to Telangana from UK and via UK from December 9 till date, and out of them Covid-19 tests were done on 846 persons with seven testing positive for the virus.
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Samples sent to CCMB to check UK strain of coronavirus
Seven out of 1,200 persons who have flown in to Hyderabad either directly or via UK since December 9 have tested positive for coronavirus.
The samples of the seven positive cases are being sent to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad to check whether the affected persons had the mutated UK strain, a review meeting presided by Health Minister Eatala Rajender with senior officials of the department and an expert COVID-19 team was informed on Thursday evening.
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