<p>Businessman from nearby Salem who arrived here from China via Singapore has tested positive for Covid-19, official sources said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The 37-year old man, who arrived in the city by a connecting flight on Wednesday, tested positive at the airport, the sources said.</p>.<p>"The man, a textile businessman hailing from Ilampillai near Salem, is asymptomatic and under follow-up of health authorities," they said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/global-alarm-grows-over-chinas-covid-surge-1176053.html" target="_blank">Global alarm grows over China's Covid surge</a></strong></p>.<p>He is under surveillance of the health authorities and quarantined, they added.</p>.<p>The Salem businessman is the fifth person to test positive for Covid.</p>.<p>Earlier, two passengers, who returned from Dubai and Cambodia to Chennai on Wednesday and a woman and her six-year old daughter who came from China via Colombo to Madurai had tested positive for the virus.</p>
<p>Businessman from nearby Salem who arrived here from China via Singapore has tested positive for Covid-19, official sources said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The 37-year old man, who arrived in the city by a connecting flight on Wednesday, tested positive at the airport, the sources said.</p>.<p>"The man, a textile businessman hailing from Ilampillai near Salem, is asymptomatic and under follow-up of health authorities," they said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/global-alarm-grows-over-chinas-covid-surge-1176053.html" target="_blank">Global alarm grows over China's Covid surge</a></strong></p>.<p>He is under surveillance of the health authorities and quarantined, they added.</p>.<p>The Salem businessman is the fifth person to test positive for Covid.</p>.<p>Earlier, two passengers, who returned from Dubai and Cambodia to Chennai on Wednesday and a woman and her six-year old daughter who came from China via Colombo to Madurai had tested positive for the virus.</p>