Five test positive for Omicron at RGIA

Hyderabad: Five more international passengers who had arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad from at-risk and non at-risk countries tested positive for Omicron variant, Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao on Thursday said. With this, the total number of Omicron positive infections among international passengers and their close contacts […]

Hyderabad: Five more international passengers who had arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad from at-risk and non at-risk countries tested positive for Omicron variant, Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao on Thursday said. With this, the total number of Omicron positive infections among international passengers and their close contacts has reached 67 in Telangana.

A total of 4 Omicron positive patients at TIMS have also recovered on Thursday, taking the total number of recoveries among Omicron positive infections in Telangana to 22.

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On Thursday, about 143 international passengers were screened and underwent RT-PCR tests at RGIA, Shamshabad out of which 4 have tested Covid-19 positive. So far, the genome sequencing results of 20 Covid positive international travellers, including the 4 positive flyers who had tested positive on Thursday, are awaited.

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