Mumbai, December 30: Four persons have tested positive for coronavirus after samples of 1,926 of the 97,805 passengers who arrived in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur international airports were examined since December 24, a Maharashtra health department official said on Friday. This includes an international flyer from Pune who was detected with the infection in a test conducted at the airport there during the day, he added. COVID-19 Scare: INSACOG To Hold Virtual Meeting Today on Genome Sequencing and Presence of Different Coronavirus Variants in Country.

The four positive cases detected at these airports comprise two from Pune, one from Navi Mumbai, while one patient is from neighbouring Goa, he said.

Samples of all four have been sent for genome sequencing to find out the variant that has caused the coronavirus infection, he said. Chinese Officials Discuss COVID-19 Situation with WHO Experts After Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Criticism.

The screening of a percentage of travellers arriving at the international airports in the state started on December 24 as a precautionary measure against the surge in cases in countries like China, South Korea, Brazil and the United States of America.

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