Covid test must for all international passengers landing in Mumbai airport

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, Jan 05, 2022: The Maharashtra government has made the Covid test mandatory for all international passengers arriving at Mumbai airport. If anyone is found positive, a normal RT-PCR test will be done.

 

Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 18,466 fresh coronavirus positive cases, around 52 per cent or 6,303 cases more than the previous day’s tally, and 20 fatalities, the state health department said.

As per the new rules, if a flyer is symptomatic, s/he will be taken to SevenHills Hospital or Breach Candy Hospital. If asymptomatic, they will be taken to BKC or Kanjurmarg BMC Jumbo Covid center or a hotel designated for quarantine.

If a flyer tests negative, s/he can go home but have to home-quarantine for seven days. With these new additions, Maharashtra’s overall COVID-19 tally rose to 67,30,494 and the death toll to 1,41,573, it said.

Maharashtra recorded 75 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the count of such cases to 653 so far.

Of the 75 Omicron cases, 40 cases were reported from Mumbai, nine from Thane city, eight from Pune city, five from Panvel, three each from Kolhapur and Nagpur, two from Pimpri-Chinchwad, and one each from Bhiwandi Nizampur, Ulhasnagar, Satara, Amravati and Navi Mumbai.

Courtesy:India Today