Man Flies From Delhi To Kolkata Via Guwahati With COVID-19 Report In Pocket
The person has been quarantined at an institute closest to the aiport (Representational)
Kolkata:
A 34-year-old guy flew from New Delhi to Guwahati and landed in Kolkata to claim on the airport that he was once coronavirus sure and had to be stored in quarantine.
A resident of North 24 Parganas, the person had no signs of COVID-19 when he landed in Kolkata on Tuesday round five pm and was once waved thru by way of airport group of workers. However the guy refused to depart the airport, pronouncing he had a cough and had to be quarantined. When even that did not galvanize the airport group of workers, he pulled out a file that certainly stated he had examined sure for coronavirus.
Airport government had been stunned and right away quarantined the person on the Chittaranjan Nationwide Most cancers Institute at Rajarhat, which is the nearest one to the airport.
A frantic effort is now on to track the passengers at the flight the person took from Delhi to Guwahati after which Guwahati to Kolkata.
Delhi and Guwahati airports have additionally been alerted, with questions being raised about how the person may slip thru test in Delhi. Much more pertinent, how was once the person even out and about in Delhi with a COVID-19 sure take a look at file in his pocket.
When flights had been allowed after the primary segment of the lockdown, West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee had puzzled the surveillance of passengers at airports, pronouncing there was once none. Previous this month, she additionally stopped incoming flights to the state from six top incidence towns around the nation, together with Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.
