Soon, international fliers passing through Delhi can get RT-PCR test at IGI airport

International passengers who have a connecting flight via Delhi will soon have the option of getting an RT-PCR test for Covid-19 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The service will begin in the middle of this month, a Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) official said.

In collaboration with Genestrings Diagnostic Centre, a laboratory based in the capital, DIAL has set up a “lab” sprawled over an area of 3,500 sq m on the fourth floor of the multilevel parking at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3.

However, there is no such provision for those whose destination city is Delhi itself, said the official. “If a transfer passenger travelling from abroad does not for some reason have a Covid-19 negative report, they can get themselves tested at the airport,” the DIAL official said.