Two more travellers from UK, Singapore test positive for COVID-19 in TN: Minister

Chennai | Saturday | 4th December, 2021

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Chennai, Dec 4 (PTI): Two more individuals who arrived from the United Kingdom and Singapore have tested COVID-19 positive pushing the total number of the virus-hit people who arrived from overseas to five, Tamil Nadu Minister Ma Subramanian said on Saturday.

"On Friday, three individuals who arrived from Singapore and the United Kingdom tested COVID-19 positive, including a child.

This morning, a 25-year-old man arrived from the United Kingdom via Dubai and tested positive", the Minister for Medical and Family Welfare said.

The Minister was talking to reporters in Villupuram after inspecting the 13th edition of mega vaccination camp being held across Tamil Nadu today.

"This 25-year-old man has been admitted to the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research Hospital at Guindy.

With this, four people have tested COVID-19 positive on arrival from high-risk countries," he said.