Guwahati: On December 26, a visitor from Argentina who had traveled to the Taj Mahal and tested positive for COVID-19 vanished. Dr. Arun Kumar Srivastava, chief medical officer (CMO) for Agra, announced this on Wednesday.
Samples from the visitor were taken during screening at the Taj Mahal, and after testing positive for an antigen, he was denied access to the monument’s grounds.
According to Dr. Srivastava, the foreign tourist gave the authorities and police the wrong contact information, and they are trying to find him.
“One international tourist who had come to visit the Taj Mahal tested positive Covid on December 26. On testing positive in the antigen test, he was not allowed to enter the monument premises. He gave us the wrong contact details. We are trying to trace him with the help of local authorities, police, ASI and nearby hotels to get details of the missing man,” he said.
At the Taj Mahal on December 25, a man who had just returned from China was discovered to be positive for COVID-19.
“A corona patient has also been found in Agra who returned from China a few days back. The sample has been sent to Lucknow for genome sequencing. Genome sequencing is important because he came from China. He landed on December 22 in India and on December 23 he reached Agra. We are trying to trace his contacts. The person has not come in contact with many people as he was in his room most of the time since his arrival,” Dr Srivastava had said.
An alert has been issued in India as well due to the COVID-19 outbreak that has spread to various nations, including China.
Following the Center’s instructions, testing has increased at the Agra airport, bus stops, and train station.