At IGI Airport, 20 counters for pre-booked Covid tests

Three more passengers from the UK were referred to Lok Nayak Hospital, taking the number of passengers from ‘at risk’ countries placed in isolation to 15. “Now there are 15 people being isolated at Lok Nayak of whom 9 are Covid positive. Their genome sequencing results are awaited,” said MD Dr Suresh Kumar.

Meanwhile, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has set up 20 dedicated counters for passengers from ‘at risk’ countries who have pre-booked their Covid tests. Separate queues will be arranged for these passengers and this is likely to smoothen the process.

Crowds and long queues were seen at the Indira Gandhi International Airport earlier this week, when the new testing guidelines were introduced for passengers from ‘at risk’ countries, in the wake of concerns over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.