Mumbai:
All international passengers landing in Mumbai will now be asked to take a rapid RT-PCR Covid test, say a set of fresh guidelines released Tuesday night, as the state recorded over 18,000 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, 50 per cent higher than Monday.
Those who test positive will then have to take a routine RT-PCR Covid test at the airport.
Mumbai logged 10,086 fresh cases in a 34 per cent jump from the cases registered the previous day. The fresh uptick in cases in the city, and across Maharashtra, is said to be driven by the new variant – Omicron, also prompting the governments worldwide to introduce new measures in the fight against Covid.
