Teams to test flyers from ‘high-risk’ nations at Hyderabad International Airport

HYDERABAD: Telangana government deployed 10 special teams at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad, to monitor international passengers coming in from the high-risk nations where the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected. The special teams began the job on Monday itself and tested close to 41 passengers from countries in the UK, Europe and Hong Kong, all of whom tested negative.

“We have decided to test everyone coming from ‘at-risk’ nations irrespective of their vaccine status at Hyderabad airport. They will be given an RT-PCR test, and if positive, they will be sent to Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) Hospital, otherwise, they would be sent for home isolation for next eight days with the next RT-PCR test scheduled after that,” informed Dr. G Srinivasa Rao, Director of Public Health, Telangana.