Two more persons who came to Telangana from United Kingdom (UK) have tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. They are from Medchal-Malkajgiri district.
From December 9, a total of 1,216 people have come to the State from UK. Of them, 937 were tracked and tested and 18 have tested positive (including the two on Saturday). The 18 patients include six from Medchal-Malkajgiri, four from Hyderabad, two from Jagtial, one each from Mancherial, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Warangal Urban. They were admitted in separate wards in different hospitals. Besides the coronavirus-positive patients, their immediate contacts too were traced. The 18 positive patients have 79 immediate contacts. Of the 79, three were detected with COVID-19. The rest are under quarantine. All samples were sent to Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) for genome sequencing to know the strain of the virus. Results are expected in two days, said Telangana Director of Public Health Dr G Srinivasa Rao.
Telangana Health department’s officials and staff who were caught up with hectic work related to COVID-19 vaccination had to focus on the UK returnees after news about a new variant of coronavirus reached them. The exercise of identifying the contacts was similar to the one taken up in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
They made a list of people who have come to the State from UK. From December 9, a total of 1216 people have come to the State from UK. Of them 937 were tracked and tested, and 18 of them were detected with coronavirus including the two on Saturday, according to the details provided by the State’s Director of Public Health Dr G Srinivasa Rao.
The 18 includes six from Medchal-Malkajgiri, four from Hyderabad, two from Jagtial, one each from Mancherial, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Warangal Urban. They were admitted in separate wards in different hospitals.
Besides them, their immediate contacts too were traced. The exercise of identifying the contacts was similar to the one taken up in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Health department staff have identified 79 immediate contacts of the 18 patients, who were kept under quarantine and their health condition was monitored.
Of the 79 immediate contacts, three have tested positive for coronavirus. The rest continue to be under quarantine.
Genome sequencing
Samples collected from all of them were sent to Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) for genome sequencing to know the variant of coronavirus. Dr Srinivasa said that the results of the sequencing is expected in two days.
