Karnataka
Karnataka: 33 UK returnees test Covid positive
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Friday said that as many as 33 passengers were tested positive for Covid so far, in all, 38 have tested positive for coronavirus, including five primary contacts.
Speaking to newsmen, here he said as many as 5,068 passengers have arrived from the UK since November 25 in Karnataka.
Out of those passengers, 4,238 returned from the UK after December 9 and about 810 passengers reside in states other than Karnataka. They disembarked in Karnataka and headed over to their home states.
"We have intimated these states about these passengers," he said.
However, 75 passengers are still untraceable. Of these, 70 reside in BBMP limits, while five passengers reside in other places.
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