Protest at Amritsar airport over delay in Covid-19 tests

Chandigarh, Dec 22 : India-bound passengers from Britain and their relatives on Tuesday protested over the “inordinate” delay in carrying out the mandatory coronavirus test on arrival at the Sri Guru Ramdas Jee International Airport in Punjab’s Amritsar city.
However, no passenger travelling on the London-Amritsar flight tested positive for Covid-19.
The Air India flight with 250 passengers and 18 crew members on board landed at the Amritsar airport, some 250 km from the state capital, early on Tuesday.
The family members said the passengers had to wait for several hours first to undergo test for the virus and then to get the results.
“It took more than eight hours for my nephew and his family, comprising a child, to get the clearance from the airport authorities to check out,” Gurdev Singh, a resident of Jalandhar city, said.
He said there was no communication from the airport authorities to the family members of the passengers regarding their exit.