The international passengers arriving at the airport from some country must have to undergo Covid-19 test.
Covid new variant is now creating fear among the people due to which many states are implementing their new guidelines including mandatory RT-PCR reports for international passengers.
The Karnataka government made RT-PCR report mandatory for passengers arriving from countries like Brazil and South Africa. According to the government order it said, "The passengers arriving from the UK, Europe,(the) the Middle East, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand and Zimbabwe on arrival at the KempeGowda International Airport and other entry airports in Karnataka shall provide the sample and leave the airport for further compliance as per the standard operating procedure."
According to Jawaid Akhtar, the additional chief secretary in the department of health and family welfare, strict telemonitoring of the international passengers should be ensured, whereas he also said, Covid-19 protocol has to be reviewed as per the Covid-19 situation in Karnataka.
Other than Karnataka, Mumbai has also implemented new guidelines including mandatory RT-PCR report for the passengers.
Meanwhile, Karnataka on Wednesday reported 1,159 new Covid-19 infections and 21 fatalities which took the overall tally to 29,50, 604 and the death toll to 37,339.
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