Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) arrested 2 members of ECPL, an outsourced company engaged in construction and development activities at Delhi airport, and 2 international passengers arriving from Riyadh with 4 gold bars weighing 100 grams each today at IGI Airport in Delhi.
The passengers, who were dropped off at the domestic arrivals bus gate instead of the internatonal arrivals bus gate at the Bengaluru Airport, travelled on a Sri Lankan Airlines UL 173 flight, according to a spokesperson of BIAL (Bengaluru International Airport Limited).
Eleven Omicron sub-variants were found during testing of international travellers and all these variants earlier reported as present in the country, the sources said. A total of 19,227 samples of international travellers were tested, out of which 124 were found positive and were isolated
"Tests have been made mandatory. We wore masks throughout the journey. The steps taken by the Indian government are very important for the safety of all," said a passenger travelling from Bangkok.
A total of 53 international travellers have tested positive for COVID during the random sampling at airports across the country amounting to only 0.94 per cent of the total samples collected so far, sources said on Saturday.
All international passengers travelling from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand to India will have to undergo mandatory RT-PCR tests before departure and upload a report on the Air Suvidha portal from January 1, 2023, said Union Health Ministry sources on Thursda
Two international passengers were found Covid positive during random sampling at the Mumbai International airport, the Maharashtra Health department informed on Wednesday.
Filling Air Suvidha forms and having RT-PCR test reports 72 hours prior to departure are likely to be made mandatory next week for all international passengers from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore, said Union Health Ministry sources on Wednesday.
"The total number of international flights screened in the last three days ie Dec 24, Dec 25 and Dec 26 is 498. The no of samples collected for Covid19 testing is 1,780. The cumulative number of samples collected is 3,994. The cumulative number of samples testing positive is 39 and the cu
An Air India flight arrived at Gannavaram Airport with 140 passengers from Sharjah. Four passengers underwent the Covid tests at the Gannavaram International Airport.
The recent 'Guidelines for International Arrivals', issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), after Covid-19 resurfaced in some countries, to conduct random testing of two per cent international passengers (on the flight) at Airports, was followed accordingly and 110 inter
Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) on Friday said that two per cent of international passengers arriving at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport from Saturday onwards would undergo post-arrival testing for COVID.