Singapore at the Tiruchirappalli International Airport was found COVID positive and got admitted to a private hospital. Another passenger from the UK in Chennai was found COVID positive and is admitted to a special ward of the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chennai.
Samples of both the passengers have been sent for genome sequencing to Chennai and Bengaluru. This week, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma.
Subramaniandirected the airport staff in Chennai, Madurai, and Coimbatore to start compulsory testing of passengers arriving from 11 'at risk' countries in view of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron.Never miss a story!