5 passengers from UK test Covid positive at Delhi airport

New Delhi, Dec 22 Five passengers from the UK who arrived here at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday night have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, sources told IANS on Tuesday.

These passengers have been sent to Sardar Patel Covid Centre in Chattarpur.

A total of 250 passengers who arrived last night and have undergone the mandatory RT-PCR test at the airport. While 5 tested positive, rest have tested negative for Covid-19.

Sources told IANS that as many as 470 passengers from the UK have landed IGI till now in two flights.

The first flight carrying 250 passengers landed around 10.30 p.m. on Monday while the second flight carrying 220 passengers landed at 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

The passengers of the second flight are being tested.

India on Monday announced that it has temporarily banned flights from the UK to the country after the emergence of a new and highly infectious strain of the coronavirus in Britain.

The suspension of flights from the UK will come into effect from December 22 midnight and will continue till December 31, the government added.