Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Agra
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Agra, Dr. Arun Srivastava, said on Thursday that the two American tourists were part of a group that came here from Varanasi and was staying at a hotel here.
He said that samples of everyone in the group were taken but only the two Americans tested Covid positive.
“They reached Agra on January 9 via Varanasi and visited the Taj Mahal the next day.
Samples of the tourists were taken by the team of the health department of Agra
at the east gate of the Taj Mahal,” Dr Srivastava told PTI.
He said that samples of the tourists have been sent for genome sequencing in Lucknow.
Amid an uptick in the cases of Covid-19, two American tourists, who visited the Taj Mahal on 10 January tested positive for the virus.
The two Americans were part of the group staying in a hotel after coming from Varanasi, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Agra, Dr. Arun Srivastava said.
The health department conducted Covid-19 tests on everyone in the group, but the two Americans tested positive for the virus.
The sample of the tourists has been sent for genome sequencing in Lucknow. The health department of Jaipur has also been alerted as after Agra, the tourists visited the tourism spot in Rajasthan.
“After Agra, tourists have gone to Jaipur in Rajasthan and as the report came positive
we have alerted the health department of Jaipur and informed about the tourists,” the CMO said.
In the last week of December, one tourist from Argentina, who visited the Taj Mahal, tested positive.
However, health officials of the district could not trace him later as the details given by him were found to be incorrect.
Globally, the cases of Covid-19 are rising, but in India, the situation seems to be under control. The national capital of Delhi recorded just 5 new cases of the virus in the last 24 hours. The total number of active cases in the capital now is pegged at 23.
