In the wake of the Centre’s directive to screen every incoming foreign traveller, as many as 2,076 passengers were subjected to thermal screening for Novel Coronavirus at the Kempegowda International Airport from 8 am on Tuesday to 8 am on Wednesday.
So far, 42,283 incoming international passengers have been screened since January 20. The number is expected to mount as the screening process has expanded to cover all foreign arrivals, far beyond the 12 countries identified earlier.
KIA has been on high alert ever since February 21, when the techie who landed in the city from Dubai two days earlier tested positive for the dreaded virus.
