12 more international passengers hit by Covid-19: Telangana govt
Twelve more passengers who arrived at the international airport here from the countries declared at risk by the Centre were found positive for COVID-19 and their samples sent for genome sequencing in view of Omicron variant threat, the Telangana government said on Friday.
The 12 cases were in addition to a passenger who tested positive for the virus earlier.
The genome sequencing reports of the 13 passengers were yet to be received, a bulletin said.
Since the last few days, the State government strengthened the testing mechanism at the Hyderabad international airport, among other measures, in the wake of ‘Omicron’ threat.
