The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) will henceforth bear the expenses of random-testing two per cent of passengers arriving from non at-risk countries. The standard test costs Rs 500 per passenger.
On December 2, as many as 358 passengers from at-risk countries and 96 out of 1,403 from non at-risk countries were tested at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). RT-PCR tests were conducted for 33 from at-risk countries and 24 from others.
A total of 325 passengers from at-risk countries and 72 from other countries had to undergo the Rapid PCR test, BIAL said.
Two flights from at-risk countries and 11 from non at-risk countries had landed at KIA on Thursday.
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(Published 03 December 2021, 20:10 IST)