400-bed quarantine centre set up at Calcutta airport

AA portion of the city airport’s old domestic terminal has been converted into a Covid-19 quarantine centre with around 400 beds.

The beds have been placed in the erstwhile arrival area on the ground floor of the building.

“The state government had requested for space to set up a quarantine centre. We are in the process of handing over the facility (to the state government),” said airport director Kaushik Bhattacharya.

The state government has set up 582 quarantine centres across Bengal. More than 18,000 people are now quarantined at these centres, health department officials said.