Passenger from Ghana tests COVID positive at Mangaluru international airport

Mangaluru: The samples of a passenger from Ghana who tested Covid positive during Rapid RT-PCR at Mangaluru International Airport has been sent to genomic sequencing in Bengaluru.

Ghana is one of the countries in the ‘at risk,’ list.

The passenger from Ghana was tested positive during the Rapid RT-PCR test at the Mangaluru International Airport on Thursday night.

The asymptomatic passenger has been immediately shifted to the isolation ward at the Government Wenlock Hospital.

On Friday, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr. K V Rajendra held an emergency meeting with the Chief Airport Officer, Airport Health Officer (APHO), District Surveillance Officer (DSO), Covid nodal officer, and head of Apollo Lab.

As many as 27 people who travelled with the COVID patient have been considered as the primary contacts and have undergone RT-PCR and randomised tests. They are currently under quarantine.