Assam: Five Passengers from Europe and Saudi Arabia Tested Positive for Covid-19

GUWAHATI: Amid the rapid the spread of the deadly Covid19 variant Omicron across the country, five passengers from Europe and Saudi Arabia tested positive for Covid-19 in Assam.

According to the health department, four of them reached Silchar airport on December 6 (Monday), whereas one landed in Guwahati on Tuesday night.

As per latest COVID-19 protocols, the samples of all five positive patients are being sent for genome sequencing to Kolkata to confirm the variant present, as the spread of Omicron has rung alarm bells across the country.

According to reports, the international traveler, who tested positive in Silchar, came from Finland, whereas the other three are from Karimganj district in the Barak Valley.

The returnees from Saudi Arabia were in home isolation when the RT-PCR report came on Tuesday.

The positive case from Silchar has been brought to the Silchar Medical College Hospital, while the other three have been sent to the government civil hospital in Karimganj.

Meanwhile, the passenger who arrived at the Guwahati airport on Tuesday night, came from the UK in November. After staying in Amritsar for a while, she came to Guwahati.

The 34-year-old female traveled to Guwahati via Patna. She has been admitted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) where she also tested positive in the RT-PCR test.