New technology to test flyers at Bengaluru airport cuts wait time

BENGALURU: Pushed to the edge on Wednesday following the government’s revision of Covid-19 testing norms for incoming international passengers, Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) authorities quickly streamlined the process to avoid undue hardship for passengers.
KIA has introduced CRISPR technology-based testing, where multiple flyers from ‘atrisk’ nations can be tested simultaneously. This comes after Wednesday’s chaos, where flyers had to wait interminably to take the RT-PCR test on arrival after the mandatory testing rule for international returnees kicked in.
Sources say the new technology was introduced on Thursday by Tata Medical and Diagnostics (MD) Ltd in association with Bangalore Airport International Ltd (BIAL).