Don’t Switch Off Phones: K’taka Minister As Foreigners Go Missing
Mumbai: After 10 people who arrived from Africa reportedly went missing in Karnataka, state Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar asked passengers to not turn off their mobile phones and behave responsibly. “But my appeal is that no one should switch off their mobiles and go untraceable. It is not the right way. They should behave responsibly,” the minister said.
Karnataka, which has reported two Omicron cases, is not the only one facing the problem of missing international passengers. Akhilesh Mohan, Chief Medical Officer of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh said that some foreign nationals have given wrong mobile numbers and addresses to the administration. Dr Mohan told ANI that out of 297 foreign returnees, at least 13 have done so.
Two omicron cases have been confirmed in India while several suspected samples have been submitted for genome sequencing. The first Omicron case was also of a South African national who flew to Dubai after testing positive for COVID within days.
The Karnataka government has already ordered a probe into the first case of Omicron in the state as well as the country as the South African national travelled to Dubai within a week after testing positive.
As per reports, he tested negative at a private testing facility, which has now come under the radar of the government. However, all his primary and secondary contacts have tested negative.
“The person (66-year-old) had isolated at a hotel and he has gone from there (outside the country). First, his (Covid test) report came positive and then the re-test came negative. Whether there was any mishandling, whether the lab tests were accurate or were there any wrongdoing, the police commissioner has been directed to investigate this,” revenue minister R Ashoka said.
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