Some flyers with negative Covid reports found positive at Hyderabad airport

Several international passengers who travelled with negative Covid-19 reports have been found positive for the pathogen when tested on arrival at the international airport here, airport sources said.

Cases of international passengers being found positive in tests conducted at the airport despite having a negative report were being reported on a regular basis, they said. Confirming that such cases had been noticed, Union Health Ministry official Anuradha Medoju here said that the information on positive cases was shared with state government officials for quarantining and other purposes.

“A few cases (of Covid-19 positive on arrival) are reported in spite of them carrying negative report…,” she told PTI.