Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Dec 18: A passenger who arrived at the airport here from Ghana on Friday December 17 tested positive for Covid19. This has given rise to worries about the omicron variant of the deadly virus spreading its wings in coastal Karnataka. Ghana has been treated as a 'high risk' nation and the passenger referred above tested positive in the rapid RT-PCR test conducted at the airport.

Thereafter, Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner (DC) Dr Rajendra K V, held a meeting with the officials of the airport including health officer, district surveillance officer, Covid nodal officer and others holding different charges. The deputy commissioner told the media after the meeting that measures needed to maintain control over the disease were discussed.

DC Dr Rajendra in discussion with officials at Mangaluru airport

The deputy commissioner confirmed that the said passenger has been isolated in the district Wenlock Hospital from Friday night and that he is asymptomatic. None of the other passengers in the said flight displayed any symptoms of the disease. As many as 27 passengers who arrived by the said flight have been identified as primary contacts and they have been quarantined by the health department, the DC stated.