At Mumbai airport: Not 8 hours, just 13 minutes for RT-PCR test results for international fliers

Now, international passengers arriving at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) will have to wait for just 13 minutes, instead of eight hours, to get their RT-PCR test (the gold standard of Covid-19 testing) reports.

This is because the airport, from December 15, introduced a unique technology, in compliance with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) standards, that is available for all international passengers at the airport.

With the 24X7 testing facility that is located at Level 2 (arrivals) near exit Gate B, CSMIA has become the first airport to adopt the express test method by Abbott ‘ID Now™’.