Wait at airport could be as long as 6 hrs
Millennium Post Delhi|December 01, 2021
AS IGIA PREPARES TO TEST ALL ARRIVALS FROM OMICRON-HIT COUNTRIES
Wait at airport could be as long as 6 hrs

NEW DELHI: With new international travel guidelines put in place to quickly contain the Omicron variant of SARSCoV-2, if detected, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has said that it has prepared facilities to accommodate up to 1,500 international passengers till their RT-PCR results arrive — further saying that international passengers from the “at-risk” countries might have to wait for as long as six hours in the airport after landing, officials here said on Tuesday.

Each passenger who will undergo the RT-PCR test will be charged around Rs 1,700. The amount includes charges for the RT-PCR test, and food and water during their stay at the airport till the test results come, the airport officials added.

The officials said that arrangements have been made at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital to implement the new guidelines and ensure necessary social distancing among passengers.

The airport can accommodate 1,400-1,500 passengers at a time, including those coming from ‘at-risk’ countries, inside the airport. The passengers will have to spent at least six hours at the premises, including waiting for the RT-PCR test results, they added.

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