LUCKNOW: All the six suspected cases of Coronavirus from Agra, who were admitted to the Safdarjung hospital on Tuesday and were connected to the Covid-19 positive patient in New Delhi, tested positive to the Covid-19 viral infection on Wednesday.In addition to this, 14 Italian travellers who had stayed at a hotel at Agra in the last week of February also reported positive for Coronavirus at ITBP isolation facility at Delhi.The relief is that 38 other contacts of the Delhi patient tested negative to the disease but the report of those hospitalised in Noida (6) and Bulandshahr (5) was awaited. Meanwhile in Lucknow, five symptomatic travellers were screened at the Amausi Airport and admitted to King George’s Medical University.Alarmed over the situation, state health department undertook extensive disease control steps during the day. Active screening and awareness activities were undertaken in the three kilometre radius of the Master Plan Road based home of the Agra family which tested positive to Covid-19. In addition to this, St Peters school - the school in which their children studied has been closed down so that the campus may be sanitised.The hotel in which the Italian tourists stayed has been closed for sanitisation purposes. The hotel has also been told not to entertain any guests till further orders. All other guests currently staying at the hotel were also screened and found to be asymptomatic. Hotel staff that served the Italian team has been put off duty and samples for three symptomatic staff was collected and sent for testing.Claiming that 22 teams of three members each worked overtime to undertake screening and awareness activities in Agra, Nodal officer Coronavirus and senior officer in communicable diseases control cell, UP, Dr Vikasendu Agarwal said: “The teams have looked for any person connected to the family with flu like symptoms or those who attended the party with them were listed for tracking purposes. In another development, 12 other persons who attended the party with the Delhi case have been tracked. Their samples have been collected and sent for testing.”Minister Jai Pratap Singh and principal secretary Amit Mohan Prasad also convened a meeting to review the Coronavirus situation. Stating that surveillance and control measures against the disease have been strengthened across UP, Prasad said, “a high power committee has been formed to track, monitor and contain the disease in the state. This team will coordinate with district and divisional level teams who would work to create awareness against the disease which has recorded its presence in 77 countries besides coordinating sample collection and management of the patients as and when required.”Officials also informed that screening facilities on six airports of the state - Lucknow, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Kanpur and Agra - have been strengthened by appointing dedicated teams and reserved ambulances. Surveillance in seven UP districts sharing borders with Nepal was also augmented.