One out of 222 passengers who arrived in Ahmedabad from the UK on Friday night (December 3), one has tested positive for Corona. The passenger is currently being quarantined, and the flyers who occupied the seats near the person have been instructed to abide by all the rules as per the guidelines of the Central Government.
Additionally, passengers arriving from 11 high-risk countries at Ahmedabad International Airport are being subjected to mandatory testing.
The state on Friday recorded 45 new cases, taking the active cases tally to 318. Ahmedabad city was the highest contributor, with 15 cases being recorded here. The second and third highest contributors were Surat and Vadodara, with six and five cases respectively. No casualties were recorded.
Amid the concerns over the Omicron variant, which has made its entry in India, the state government has made stricter rules for those arriving from abroad at the airport.
The Ahmedabad Airport Authorities said the international travellers from ‘at-risk countries will be tested and have to self-quarantine for seven days and be tested again by the district surveillance teams on the eighth day following which they will again have to self-quarantine for seven more days if negative.
