This story is from January 22, 2022

Covid-19: 4 from Hyderabad test positive at Abu Dhabi, stranded

A group of 10 Canada-bound passengers from India, transiting through Abu Dhabi, were left stranded for hours at the UAE airport after they tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival — hours before their connecting flight.
Covid-19: 4 from Hyderabad test positive at Abu Dhabi, stranded
Incidentally, all the flyers were carrying a negative RT-PCR report, procured before boarding their Etihad flight from India.
HYDERABAD: A group of 10 Canada-bound passengers from India, transiting through Abu Dhabi, were left stranded for hours at the UAE airport after they tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival — hours before their connecting flight. As per rule, the passengers — four from Hyderabad and six from Delhi and Ahmedabad — will now be allowed to continue their onward journey only after they test negative.
Incidentally, all the flyers were carrying a negative RT-PCR report, procured before boarding their Etihad flight from India.

The matter came to light on Friday when the passengers took to social media to reach out to Indian authorities seeking help.
Speaking to TOI from the airport, a flyer from Hyderabad said that they reached Abu Dhabi on January 20 and underwent the Covid-19 test mandatory for all flyers with connecting flights.
“I was shocked when the test results came in. Since then, it has been a harrowing experience,” said Ujwal Gollapudi, who was returning to Toronto after his Sankranti holiday.
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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