INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
VIJAYAWADA: After several months, it is back to basics of Covid-19 management through tracing, testing and quarantining in Andhra Pradesh.AP
government has succeeded in tracing 1,040 out of 1,148 persons who had returned from the United Kingdom during last one month
Four of them have been found to be positive
Their samples have been sent to National Institute of Virology, Pune, and Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, to rule out
the new strain of Coronavirus
It has been found that 16 persons provided invalid or wrong addresses, leaving the police on tenterhooks.Health and family welfare
commissioner Katamneni Bhaskar said efforts are on to trace 88 of the remaining returnees from within AP while 18 belong to other states.The
commissioner requested people not to panic, as the state government is taking all precautions, including organising a dry run of Corona
vaccine at five locations in Krishna district.
