Amritsar: As many as 125 passengers who arrived at Amritsar Airport in a chartered flight from Milan, Italy, have tested positive for Covid on Thursday.
V.K. Seth, Amritsar Airport Director, said that of the 179 passengers who arrived from Italy, 125 were diagnosed Covid 19. In a tweet, the Amritsar Airport said that all the necessary precautions have been taken to stop the spread of the virus.
The tweet read, "In today's flight all 125 pax tested +ve, are being attended by state health officials. Rest 35 pax tested -ve have been advised self monitoring and would be under supervision."
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It is to inform that #AmritsarAirport has taken all necessary actions to stop the spread of #COVID19. In today's flight all 125 pax tested +ve, are being attended by state health officials. Rest 35 pax tested -ve have been advised self monitoring and would be under supervision. pic.twitter.com/1u7vmOnSK5
— Amritsar Airport (@aaiasrairport) January 6, 2022 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">It is to inform that #AmritsarAirport has taken all necessary actions to stop the spread of #COVID19. In today's flight all 125 pax tested +ve, are being attended by state health officials. Rest 35 pax tested -ve have been advised self monitoring and would be under supervision. pic.twitter.com/1u7vmOnSK5
— Amritsar Airport (@aaiasrairport) January 6, 2022It is to inform that #AmritsarAirport has taken all necessary actions to stop the spread of #COVID19. In today's flight all 125 pax tested +ve, are being attended by state health officials. Rest 35 pax tested -ve have been advised self monitoring and would be under supervision. pic.twitter.com/1u7vmOnSK5
— Amritsar Airport (@aaiasrairport) January 6, 2022
The passengers were tested negative 72 hours ago before their journey, but when their samples were taken at Amritsar airport, 124 passengers were found to be corona positive. There were also speculations that the passengers arrived on an Air India flight. Reacting to the media reports, Air India issued a clarification on its Twitter handle.
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#FlyAI : Several Media houses has reported that Passengers of Air India flight from Rome to Amritsar have been tested covid positive. This is wrong and baseless. Air India doesn't operate any flight from Rome currently.
— Air India (@airindiain) January 6, 2022 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">#FlyAI : Several Media houses has reported that Passengers of Air India flight from Rome to Amritsar have been tested covid positive. This is wrong and baseless. Air India doesn't operate any flight from Rome currently.
— Air India (@airindiain) January 6, 2022#FlyAI : Several Media houses has reported that Passengers of Air India flight from Rome to Amritsar have been tested covid positive. This is wrong and baseless. Air India doesn't operate any flight from Rome currently.
— Air India (@airindiain) January 6, 2022
Clarifying the speculations Air India tweeted, "Several Media houses have reported that Passengers of Air India flight from Rome to Amritsar have been tested Covid positive. This is wrong and baseless. Air India doesn't operate any flight from Rome currently."
Balveer Singh, who came to receive his daughter at the airport said that her daughter was tested coronavirus positive even after taking two doses of vaccines.
