Covid-19 Updates : 39 foreign travelers have been found corona positive in India, rapid testing is being done at all airport

Corona cases are continuously increasing in many countries including China. In such a situation, the Government of India is also cautious about this. As a precautionary measure, rapid testing of passengers coming from abroad has been started at all airports in India. Corona positive cases are also being found during rapid testing. According to a report, since December 24, passengers of 498 international flights have been tested. During this, 1,780 samples have been collected. Out of these 39 passengers have been found corona positive. Now all these samples have been sent for genome sequencing.

The report of 5 devotees came corona positive in Bodh Gaya, Bihar. In fact, 33 foreigners were tested for Covid at the airport. Five of these people were found to be corona infected, while the report of the remaining 28 was negative.

Mock drill was done in all the hospitals across the country on Tuesday for the preparation to deal with Corona. On the advice of PM Modi, mock drills were organized in various hospitals across the country. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that mock drill will help us to know at what level what is lacking and we will rectify them in time. Mandaviya also visited Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. A total of 157 cases of corona were registered in the country on Tuesday. At the same time, active cases have come down to 3,421. The active cases a day earlier were 3,428. With this, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.32 percent while the weekly positivity rate was 0.18 percent. Active cases now account for 0.01 per cent of the total infections.