Number of Corona infected patients found at Mumbai airport has increased to 27

Corona tests are being conducted on a daily basis at the international airports of Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur in the state as per the order of the central government. So far, 27 corona infected patients have been found in it. Their samples have been sent for genetic testing.

Passengers landing at international airports in the country are being checked on account of a newly found variant of coronavirus found in China. Accordingly, passengers landing at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur international airports in the state are also being checked from December 24. Passengers are being thermally screened and samples of 2% passengers are being taken for corona test.

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The samples infected with coronavirus are being sent for genetic testing. According to this, so far 5,15,526 patients have landed at the three international airports of Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur, out of which 11,718 patients have been tested for coronavirus.

So far, samples of 27 patients have been found to be infected. Seven patients were found in Mumbai, three in Pune, one each in Navi Mumbai, Amravati and Sangli. Among the remaining patients, five patients are from Gujarat, two each from Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and one each from Goa, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Odisha and Telangana. The health department informed that the samples of all these patients have been sent for genetic testing.