Updated Dec 25, 2020, 12:29 am IST
A total of 1,200 persons have returned to the state from the UK in recent times
A health worker sorts samples obtained for the COVID-19 test. (PTI)
Hyderabad: Seven among those who have returned to Telangana state from the United Kingdom have tested positive for Covid-19. Their samples have been sent to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology for genome sequencing to ascertain whether they have contracted the new strain.
A total of 1,200 persons have returned to the state from the UK in recent times. Of them, 846 persons have been identified.
According to sources, as many as 300 of these returnees are in Hyderabad city, more than 50 in Karimnagar district and about 25 in Warangal and Nizamabad districts. Fear is that these can emerge as the new clusters. The returnees have been urged to contact government officials and quarantine themselves for 14 days.