Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore Start Compulsory Testing Of Passengers Arriving From 'At Risk' Countries

Compulsory testing of passengers arriving from 11 "at risk" countries of new Covid-19 variant, Omicron has started in Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore. The 11 countries, as informed by Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia are UK, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Israel. Furthermore, two cases of the new variant has been reported in Karnataka.