All 256 test -ve for Covid in Delhi on Day 2 of UK flight resumption

All 256 passengers who arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport from the United Kingdom (UK) on Saturday tested negative for Covid and were sent for a seven days of mandatory institutional quarantine.

The 256 passengers landed in Delhi around 1pm on Vistara flight UK18 that had departed Heathrow airport late on Friday night. As soon as they landed, the passengers were escorted by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel for their immigration clearance, baggage collection and customs clearance. They were then whisked away to a waiting hall to get their RT-PCR tests done.

Dr Gauri Agarwal, founder and director of Genestrings diagnostics that is conducting the RT-PCR tests at the Delhi airport, said none of the 256 passengers tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.