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Hyderabad, Dec 3 (PTI) Twelve more passengers who arrived at the international airport here from the countries declared at risk by the Centre were found positive for COVID-19 and their samples sent for genome sequencing in view of Omicron variant threat, the Telangana government said on Friday.
The 12 cases were in addition to a passenger who tested positive for the virus earlier.
The genome sequencing reports of the 13 passengers were yet to be received, a bulletin said.
Since the last few days, the State government strengthened the testing mechanism at the Hyderabad international airport, among other measures, in the wake of "Omicron" threat.
RT-PCR tests are being conducted on passengers arriving from the 11 countries which have been declared at risk by the Centre.
Meanwhile, Telangana reported 198 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 6,76,574 while the death toll rose to 3,997 with two more fatalities.