Jammu Jammu and Kashmir India January 8, ANI The Jammu Airport officials have intensified testing of the unvaccinated travellers including the Vaishno Devi pilgrims because of rising COVID 19 cases in the state.
The travellers are allowed to leave the airport only if they are fully vaccinated, or the Vaishno Devi pilgrims have to get tested, said Sanjeev Kumar Garg, Jammu Airport Director on Saturday. All international travellers are going through RT-PCR, according to the Jammu Airport Director.
The vaccination certificates of all travellers are being checked by Sanjeev Kumar Garg.
Regular testing is done according to the Government guidelines, according to Dr Mohit Kapoor Nodal Officer for COVID 19 testing at the Airport. Kapoor said that passenger tests positive on arrival are sent to the DRDO hospital. He stated that at present, there is 50 per RTPCR and 50 per cent Rapid Antigen Test RAT In case of a person without a vaccination certificate, we are doing RTPCR and RAT both. Every day, a total of 200 to 250 tests are done, according to Dr Kapoor.
Stanzin, a passenger who praised the effort taken by the airport authority, said this is a good step as testing is important to control the spread of COVID 19. On Saturday, the Union Minister Jitendra Singh reviewed COVID 19 pandemic preparedness in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and recommended the setting up of a dashboard and a public helpline in order to build up the confidence of the common masses.
The high-level online meeting connected different districts from Jammu to Srinagar as well as the two divisional headquarters of Jammu and Jammu respectively.