2% international travellers to be randomly tested for Covid-19, says health minister Mandaviya

The Centre earlier this week asked states to keep a sharp lookout for any new variants of the coronavirus & urged people to wear masks in crowded areas.

Passengers wait with their luggage at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India| Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas

Mumbai: India will start randomly testing 2% of all international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19, the country’s health minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, told parliament on Thursday.

The government earlier this week asked India’s states to keep a sharp lookout for any new variants of the coronavirus and urged people to wear masks in crowded areas, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in China and other parts of the globe.

(Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Krishna N. Das)

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