3 International Passengers Test Positive For Covid-19 At Bengaluru Airport, Samples Sent For Genome Sequencing

All the samples have been sent for Whole Genome Sequencing tests

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Hours after four tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from foreign countries in Tamil Nadu, three passengers, who returned from Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong and Dubai tested positive for Covid-19 at Bengaluru airport on Wednesday night. All the samples have been sent for Whole Genome Sequencing tests. All three Covid-19 patients have been shifted to Bowring And Lady Curzon Hospital in the city.

Meanwhile, the Karnataka health department on Wednesday in a release said, 19 international passengers, who arrived at Bengaluru airport in December, have tested positive for Covid-19. Overall, 3,594 and 678 Covid-19 cases have been recorded in Bengaluru and Mangaluru airports, respectively, since 2020.

Today's Media Bulletin 28/12/2022
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Karnataka recorded 39 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday with Bengaluru urban district recording 27 Covid cases. 

Recently, the state government has issued new guidelines to curb the Covid spread. The guidelines mentioned, the 2 per cent random sampling of international passengers is being done both at Bengaluru and Mangaluru airports and people with symptoms who arrived at these two airports will be taken to designated medical facilities for quarantine. Also, the government made face masks mandatory in schools, colleges, theatres, restaurants, pubs and bars.

As reported earlier, Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Monday said, "Masks have been made mandatory inside theatres, schools, and colleges. Masks will be mandatory to celebrate the New Year in pubs, restaurants, and bars. New Year celebrations must end before 1 AM. No need to panic, just have to take precautions.

"Masks will be compulsory at closed places, and air conditioned rooms, and crowded places in outdoor celebrations. There should not be more people than the permitted capacity in places where the celebrations take place," Sudhakar said.