UK passenger tests coronavirus positive in Chennai

A passenger who returned from the United Kingdom via Delhi in Chennai has tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday. His sample has been sent to Pune to check if it is the new strain of the virus.

The passenger has been transferred to the Kings Institute Hospital in Chennai and is currently under quarantine.

So far 14 passengers have been identified who returned from UK and are being monitored.

No other details about the infected person was immediately available.

Meanwhile, amid the discovery of a new and more infectious coronavirus strain in the UK , five people out of 266 passengers and crew members of a flight have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which arrived at the Delhi airport from London on December 22.