Fresh guidelines for passengers from ‘at-risk’ countries

With passengers from ‘at risk’ countries now having to stay back at airports to wait for their RT PCR reports, the Indira Gandhi International Airport has made seating arrangements for 1,200 to 1,400 people as they wait.

Around 600 samples can be collected per hour, airport officials said. If the volumes increase, the facility for testing and seating arrangements can be increased. A change in guidelines followed the detection of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus in several countries, including South Africa, Botswana, the UK, and several countries of the European Union.