COVID-19: Manipur to cancel flights for 10 days to clear backlog of 15,000 tests
Faced with a rush of people stranded in rest of the country, Manipur on Monday decided to cancel flights for 10 days from Thursday in order to clear the backlog of 15,000 tests for COVID-19.
In a letter to Usha Padhee, joint secretary of union civil aviation ministry, Manipur chief secretary, J. Suresh Babu sought a directive to all the airlines, DGCA and Airport Authority of India to cancel flights to Imphal.
“Due to heavy inflow of people, there is substantial delay in testing in all those returning from rest of the country and there is huge backlog of 15,000 samples pending results. Five flights lands in Imphal airport daily.
