Hyderabad, March 16 (IANS): Telangana on Monday reported its fourth positive Covid-19 case while health authorities decided that all passengers arriving at Hyderabad Airport from seven severely affected countries will be quarantined for 14 days.

Health officials said a person with travel history to Scotland tested positive, taking the overall number of cases to four. This is the third positive case in as many days. The person was admitted to state-run Gandhi Hospital, where two other positive cases were already undergoing treatment.

The first patient, who tested positive earlier this month, was discharged last week.

Officials said test results of 22 persons were awaited. As many as 54 passengers voluntarily approached the hospital with suspected symptoms.

Meanwhile, the Health Department announced that all passengers arriving from seven severely affected countries will be quarantined. It issued guidelines for quarantine of international passengers arriving at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport from China, Iran, Italy, South Korea, France, Germany and Spain either through direct flights or via hubs like Dubai or Abu Dhabi or having a travel history to these seven countries after February 15. They will be quarantined for 14 days, immediately after their arrival in Hyderabad.

Health personnel deployed at the airport were asked to counsel the passengers on the need for quarantine and the procedure being adopted. All symptomatic passengers will be isolated and escorted to isolation facilities at designated hospitals. All asymptomatic passengers will be sent to the quarantine facility for a period of 14 days, says the department.

During the quarantine, if any individual develops symptoms, he/she should be immediately shifted to designated hospital following due procedure for isolation.