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Hyderabad, Dec 6 (PTI) All 13 passengers who were diagnosed with COVID-19 here after arriving from "at risk" foreign countries have tested negative for the new SARS-CoV-2 variant, Omicron, the state government said on Monday.
The 13 passengers arrived here since last week and were found to be positive for COVID-19 in the RT-PCR tests conducted at the international airport.
Their samples were sent for genome sequencing and it revealed that they were negative for Omicron, a state government bulletin said.
The government has 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, it said.
Meanwhile, Telangana on Monday logged 195 COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 6,77,138, while the toll rose to 4,000 with one more fatality.