Airport scanner on Mu variant, flyers from 7 nations

Kolkata: The Kolkata Airport authorities will attend a meeting called by the state health department officials on Tuesday to discuss possible changes in Covid testing rules at the airport for the passengers arriving from Bangladesh, South Africa, China, Botswana, Mauritius, New Zealand and Zimbabwe, where the Mu variant of the virus has been detected.

In a guideline issued last week, the ministry of health and family welfare (MoFHW) has sought mandatory pre- and post-RT-PCR tests for international passengers from these seven countries in addition to the existing norms for travellers through the flights originating from the UK, Europe and Middle East. However, it will be up to the state concerned how the guidelines will be implemented.