After Agra, Uttar Pradesh reports another Covid case from Unnao

A day after a Covid case with recent travel history was reported form Agra, another case has been reported from Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. As per reports, the man tested Covid positive after his return from Dubai recently.

Unnao city authorities and health officials visited the house of the patient and collected samples of 20 people, including the family members of the youth.

The local administration has isolated the youth under the Covid protocol.


Apart from this, his report will be sent for genome sequencing.

The man is a resident of Koraura village of Hasanganj tehsil area of Unnao.

It may be recalled that on Sunday, a 40-year-old man, who returned from China two days back, had tested positive for Covid-19 following which he has been isolated at his home in Agra, chief medical officer Arun Srivastava.

His samples will be sent to Lucknow for genome sequencing, he said.

Two days back, a 40-year-old man, who returned from China had tested positive for COVID-19. The man returned to Agra from China via Delhi on December 23 following which he was tested positive at a private lab.

Amid a surge in Covid cases in some countries, including China, the Centre has ramped up its anti-coronavirus measures.

The Centre had said RT-PCR test would be made mandatory for passengers from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand and asked states to conduct a mock drill on December 27 to ensure readiness of health facilities including medical oxygen generation plants.

Meanwhile, the health department in Agra began screening and collecting samples of foreign tourists at Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Akbar's Tomb here.

(Inputs from IANS & PTI)