Compulsory Covid-19 test for international passengers arriving in Karnataka, says Health Minister K Sudhakar

Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar has said that passengers arriving in the state from foreign nations will have to undergo a mandatory RT-PCR test on arrival at the airport.

Karnataka's Minister of Health and Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar on Wednesday said that in view of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, passengers arriving from foreign nations in the state will have to undergo a mandatory RT-PCR test at the airport from today, December 1.

Passengers may face some delay because testing is mandatory, but it is inevitable, the minister said.