Rapid RT-PCR Test Must At Mumbai Airport For Passengers From These Nations
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All international passengers coming from at-risk and high-risk countries and the UAE will be asked to take a rapid RT-PCR test, said a Mumbai civic body official.
Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Mumbai civic body has made rapid RT-PCR test mandatory for the passengers coming from at-risk and high-risk countries and the UAE at the international airport, a senior civic official said on Wednesday.
A day earlier, confusion was created due to misinterpretation of revised guidelines by a civic official who had said that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had made rapid RT-PCR test compulsory for all the international passengers landing at the Mumbai airport, sources said.
The guidelines, issued last week, came into effect on Monday.
"All international passengers coming from at-risk and high-risk countries and the UAE will be asked to take a rapid RT-PCR test. If positive, they will be asked to take routine RT-PCR and ask to wait for results," Kiran Dighavkar, assistant municipal commissioner, BMC, tweeted.
