Passengers from the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand and Zimbabwe, on arrival at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) or other Karnataka airports, must provide samples for Covid testing, according to the Department of Health. .
Passengers will have to leave the airport to meet them according to the standard operating procedure.
This is in view of the new mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus being reported and the growing incidence of worrying variants and variants of interest.
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However, passengers arriving from Brazil and South Africa, after providing samples to KIA or other airports, will have to wait for the results at the airport.
They will leave the airport only after proving negative, said a circular posted here on Wednesday by Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Jawaid Akhtar. Strict telemonitoring of these passengers must be ensured, he said.