Mumbai: State Action Force Advises State Government To Check Passengers From Dubai, China Amid Increasing Covid Cases
Mumbai, 31st March 2023: Two per cent of passengers coming from abroad are being checked at the airport. For the past few days, the number of patients infected with the coronavirus has increased, with several travellers from China and Dubai testing positive. Against this backdrop, the Corona State Action Force has advised the state government to make the corona test (RT-PCR) mandatory for passengers coming from Dubai and China.
Given the increasing number of corona-infected patients in the country, the Union Health Ministry has ordered all the state governments to be alert. Accordingly, the Maharashtra government recently held a review meeting with all the officials and the Corona State Action Task Force. The number of corona-infected patients abroad is increasing. A large number of corona-infected patients are found among travellers coming to India from China and Dubai. Therefore, the State Corona Action Force has instructed the State Government and the Airport Authority to screen passengers coming from Dubai and China at the airport.
Considering the situation at the international level, as per the instructions of the Government of India, a passenger survey has been started from 24th December 2022 at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur International Airports in the state. In this, thermal screening of all passengers is being done and samples of 2 per cent of passengers are being taken for a corona test. Out of these, every sample infected with coronavirus is being sent for genetic sequencing. Till 30th March, 35,947 passengers have been tested for coronavirus, of which 43 samples have been sent for genetic sequencing. Among these 43 patients, 10 are from Pune, eight are from Mumbai, one each from Navi Mumbai, Amravati, Sangli, Aurangabad, and Satara, five are from Gujarat, three each from Uttar Pradesh and Kerala, two each from Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Goa, and one each from Assam and Telangana.
