COVID-19 variant Pune cops help sought to trace UK returnees

    Pune, Dec 29 (PTI) The Pune Municipal Corporation
(PMC) has sought the help of police to locate some of the UK
returnees who are untraceable after reaching here, Mayor
Murlidhar Mohol said on Tuesday.
    A new variant of COVID-19 has been found in the UK and
those coming back from the European country are supposed to be
under the watch of health and civic officials.
    According to a senior district health official, 6 UK
returnees (2 each from Pune city, Pimpri-Chinchwad and rural
areas) have tested positive for COVID-19 so far.
    A list of over 540 people who returned to Pune
district from the UK between November 25 and December 23, was
received by the local administration.
    "We have a list of around 300 people from Pune city.
Of these, we have already tested 270 people. However, the
whereabouts of some people are not known.
    "We have already given a list of such people to police
and sought their help to locate them," Mohol said.
    Amitabh Gupta, Commissioner of Police, said they have
received the list of UK returnees from the PMC who are to be
traced. PTI SPK
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