India: UK returnee flees from COVID-19 quarantine centre in Delhi
Woman found in Andhra Pradesh after testing positive for coronavirus
Rajahmundry: A woman who returned from the United Kingdom to Delhi and later reached Andhra Pradesh by a special train after escaping from an isolation centre in the national capital has tested positive for COVID-19.
According to state health department officials, the Anglo-Indian woman arrived in Delhi from the UK on December 21 and was kept in an isolation centre after samples were collected for testing. “The woman escaped from the centre and reached Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh by a special train. After officials in Delhi received the report stating the woman tested COVID-19 positive, they informed the Andhra Pradesh health and the police department,” officials said.
“She was traced on Wednesday night and shifted to isolation centre in Rajahmundry. Her samples were sent to National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune to confirm whether she is suffering from the old or new strain of COVID-19, her report is awaited,” they added.