Six passengers travelling on Air India’s London-Delhi flight tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival, a senior government official said on December 22.
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The flight landed around 11.30 p.m. on December 21. “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.
The government on December 21 said all U.K.-India flights will be suspended from December 23 to December 31 in view of the emergence of new strain of coronavirus in that country.
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It also said all passengers coming from the U.K. on December 21 and 22 would be compulsorily tested for coronavirus on arrival at airports.
