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CHANDIGARH: As many as 173 passengers from Italy have examined sure for Covid-19 upon arrival in Punjab’s Amritsar. The passengers flew to the town from Rome in an plane with 285 other folks on board.
To this point, take a look at studies of 210 flyers had been gained. The studies of the remainder of the passengers are “inconclusive” and they’re going to be re-tested on Saturday, VK Seth, Director of Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee World Airport, instructed The New Indian Specific.
Seth stated, “This chartered flight at once got here from Rome to Amritsar wearing 285 passengers and landed at round 12.20 pm. The entire passengers, excluding youngsters beneath 5 years, have been examined. Until now we were given studies of 210 passengers and of those 173 are sure.
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“The company employed for trying out instructed us that the studies of the remainder 75 passengers have been ‘inconclusive’ and they might be re-tested the following day. The entire passengers had been taken for institutional quarantine.”
“We met the native administrative and well being officers over the re-testing of the remainder of the passengers. It is going to be performed the following day,” he stated.
Resources stated Friday’s flight was once operated via EuroAtlantic Airlines, a Portuguese service however was once chartered via SpiceJet.
This comes an afternoon after 125 out of 179 passengers who have been additionally on a chartered flight from Rome to Amritsar had examined sure for Covid.
