Six passengers who entered the country on Air India’s London-Delhi flight have tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
This comes at a time when a new strain of the coronavirus has led to millions entering a stringent new stay-at-home lockdown in the UK from Sunday, with non-essential shops and businesses now closed.
The flight landed around 11:30 pm on Monday.
“Five passengers were found Covid-positive at the Delhi airport. One passenger, who took a connecting flight to Chennai, was tested there and found positive,” the official said.
In a separate case, two passengers from the UK were found positive for Covid-19 after they arrived at the airport at Calcutta, health department officials said on Tuesday.
Seven flyers from UK test COVID-19 positive at Delhi, Kolkata Airports amid concerns over new strain
This comes as flight services from the UK to India have been suspended till December 31 over the spread of a new strain of coronavirus in London and England.
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A worker wearing a PPE kit pushes a cart at deserted NSCBI Airport during the biweekly lockdown. (Photo | PTI) By Agencies
NEW DELHI: Amid rising concerns over the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in the UK, five out of 266 passengers and crew members of a London to Delhi flight have tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on Tuesday.
2 Passengers From UK Test Positive For COVID-19 At Kolkata Airport 2 Passengers From UK Test Positive For COVID-19 At Kolkata Airport India has suspended all passenger flights connecting to the UK from Wednesday till December 31 in the wake of the emergence of a mutated variant of coronavirus there, Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday. 25 passengers did not have COVID-19 reports with them, the state health department said
Kolkata:
Two passengers from the UK were found positive for COVID-19 after they arrived at the airport in Kolkata, health department officials said on Tuesday.
A flight carrying 222 passengers from the UK arrived at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport on Sunday night, they said.
Updated Dec 22, 2020 | 13:58 IST
According to COVID-19 protocols, all international passengers coming to India will have to remain in isolation for seven days. Passenger undergoes thermal screening at Kolkata airport
Kolkata: Two passengers from the UK were found positive for COVID-19 after they arrived at the airport here, health department officials said on Tuesday.
A flight carrying 222 passengers from the UK arrived at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport on Sunday night, they said. Twenty-five passengers did not have COVID reports with them. So they were taken to a nearby quarantine centre, and their coronavirus tests were conducted. Two tested positive, the West Bengal Health and Family Welfare Department official said.
Why golden jackals have made home in Kolkata and Guwahati airports
As habitats shrink, large tracts of unused land around aerodromes that act as safety buffers are attracting wildlife. Representational image. | Soumyajit Nandy/Wikimedia Commons
Jamir Ali runs a tea-stall at Paschim Rajbati village, four kilometres from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on the outskirts of Kolkata. A canal behind his thatched-roof shop carries the waste dumped from the neighbouring households and meat shops fighting for space. Solid waste lies scattered close to the canal and street corners. The 50-year-old tea seller said that golden jackals (
Canus aureus) start moving in packs once the evening sets in but have hardly been a cause of trouble to anybody.