Around 124 International Passengers Test Positive for COVID-19 in India

New COVID-19 cases in India: A total of 124 international passengers are found to be COVID-19 positive and 11 types of COVID-19 variants have been found so far in India.

COVID-19 cases in India is steadily rising due to the visit of many international passengers, warn experts.

After the Union Health Ministry made it mandatory for foreign arrivals to undergo RT-PCR tests upon their arrival in the country, a total of 124 international passengers have been found to be COVID-19 positive, adding that 11 types of variants have been found so far in India.

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‘Nearly 11 COVID-19 variants have been found in 124 international passengers in India. However, none of the 11 variants seem to cause serious problem till now.’
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The Health Ministry source said that a total of 19,227 international passengers have been screened across all ports in the country from December 24, 2022 to January 3.

COVID-19 Cases in India

Of the 124 positive samples, genome sequencing results of 40 were received in which the XBB variant, including XBB.1, was found in 14 samples.

The other XBB variants are XBB.2, XBB.3, XBB.4, XBB.5.

The BF 7.4.1 variant has been found in one sample so far, the source said.

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The source however, said none of the 11 variants seem to be causing much problem as of now and no visible impact have been observed so far.

The other variant found in the country include BA.5, BQ 1.1 and BQ1.122, BQ 1. 1.5, CH1.1, CH.1.1.1, BF.7.4.1 and BB3.A

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However, the source said that no visible impact has been observed of these variants in the country so far.

But, the month of January is crucial from the COVID-19 point of view, he said, adding that the COVID vaccine is effective on all these variants.

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Source-IANS