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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, May 15: Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner (DC) Sindhu B Rupesh, addressed a press conference here on Friday May 15 in the light of the fact that unexpectedly, 16 from Dakshina Kannada district including 15 passengers who were airlifted from Dubai on Tuesday have been found to be coronavirus positive.
She noted that pregnant women were among the passengers of the said flight, and none of them have been found having coronavirus infection.
She stated that three persons from a single family were found to have been infected. They are, husband aged 45, wife aged 33, and six-year-old son.
She revealed that swab test results in respect of 125 passengers has been received so far, and swab test will be conducted again in 12 days.
As many 125 Dubai returnees were quarantined in the city. Fifteen among them have been found to be coronavirus positive. Other than the 15, a woman from Surathkal is also infected and hence Suratkal area would be sealed down and declared a containment zone.
She stated that another flight from Dubai is slated to bring people from the coast on May 18. This flight will have 171 passengers. She said that other details about the passengers have not been received and it is not known.