Pinarayi Vijayan push for pre-flight test

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday wrote to the Prime Minister cautioning that bringing back expatriates without prior tests for Covid-19 could be dangerous.

“Violating health-safety guidelines is very unfortunate. Earlier, the Centre had sent medical teams to Italy and Iran to ensure none of those being flown back had Covid-19 symptoms,” Vijayan told his daily media briefing on Tuesday.

“There will be around 200 passengers on each flight. If two or three of them are carriers, it would affect everyone on that flight,” the chief minister said, referring to the issues he had raised in his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.