12 fliers from UK, Europe tested Covid positive: Gujarat Govt
After the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in the United Kingdom and other European countries, 12 persons who came from those countries tested positive for Covid-19 in Gujarat, out of the 1,720 people who landed between November 25 and December 23, a release from the state government said on Sunday.
RT-PCR tests were conducted on all of them and samples of 12 who tested positive for Covid-19 have been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune and Gujarat Biological Research Centre (GBRC) in Gandhinagar to ascertain if they have the symptoms of the new strain, the release added.
The official release stated that the 1,720 people included Radhika — daughter of Chief Minsiter Vijay Rupani, her husband Nimitt and son Shaurya — who tested negative.
