Biocon Executive Chairman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said on Wednesday that passengers are likely to be infected with the novel coronavirus due to hours of waiting at airports.
After the new travel rules went into effect on December 1, Shaw tweeted, “First day of Omicron travel rules, wait 6 hours for a test: 10 points – even if you don’t have the infection, you can get it at the airport.” can!” Omicron covid version scares.
“Gross mismanagement greets passengers at Bengaluru airport as new COVID restrictions are put in place to tackle the Omicron variant. This is a huge infection risk for the passengers,” she said in another tweet.
Amidst growing concerns over the new COVID version omicron, stringent norms for international traveler It came into effect from midnight on Tuesday and all passengers arriving from ‘at risk’ countries have to undergo a mandatory COVID test, among other requirements.
According to the Union Health Ministry, after screening 3,476 passengers of 11 flights to India from ‘at-risk’ countries, six Covid cases were reported on Wednesday and samples have been sent for genomic sequencing, the Union Health Ministry said.
According to the Delhi airport and AAI, 1,932 international passengers who arrived at nine airports in different parts of the country on Wednesday took the COVID test.
According to a health ministry update on 30 November, the ‘at risk’ list includes “countries in Europe including the United Kingdom”, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China and Mauritius.
Other countries on the list are New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel.
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