‘200 foreign returnees tested for COVID-19’

Vaccination is a top priority, says Collector

Vizianagaram Collector A. Surya Kumari on Monday said that the district administration was closely tracking foreign arrivals in the backdrop of an Omicron case being identified in the district.

Speaking to The Hindu, she said that nearly 200 persons arrived from foreign countries in the district in the last couple of weeks, and COVID-19 tests were conducted on all of them. “With the support of the Air Suvidha portal, we are immediately getting travel details of the foreign returnees. Local officials have been directed to ensure that those arriving from abroad quarantine themselves at home until their COVID-19 test reports are collected. Most of them have arrived from the U.S. or the Middle-East which are relatively free from the Omicron threat,” she said.