Covid screening stepped up at airports

Bengaluru: In view of a recent spurt of Covid-19 cases in many countries, including China, Australia, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, New Zealand, Russia and South Korea, the state government on Saturday released a new set of guidelines for screening international passengers at airports.

Those arriving at Bengaluru International Airport and Mangaluru International Airport from the above mentioned countries should undergo thermal screening on arrival.

RT-PCR test should be done for the symptomatic passengers at the Airport testing laboratory. If found positive, the samples will be sent for genome sequencing. The health department statement said, “Treatment and management of Covid patients is to be followed as per the State protocol.