Letter: Although the well-defined SOP released by the government, passengers, arriving from countries not in the ‘risky’ list, which is randomly selected to undergo a Covid-19 test gives a difficult time for airport officers.
Regardless of “Why is it only me?” And “why should I pay for the exam?”, Airport officials were used to international passengers complaining about long waiting they had to survive to get RT-PCR test results.
A similar scene was played at the letter international airport after landing from Sharjah-letter late Thursday.
Team of airport staff, airline staff, health team Municipal Corporation letters and laboratory staff are ready to filter 164 passengers from flight landing around 00:15.
The things that happened smoothly until the airline staff announced the names of 2% of the passengers, six in the case of this flight, which was chosen to undergo a RT-PCR test.
It was not long before six passengers – two German passport holders, a woman holding a Australian passport and three Indians – began to complain.
The passengers questioned the logic behind testing only a few passengers.
“If the government really wants to examine the spread of new variants, they must check all passengers, not just 2%,” said a passenger.
Other passengers complain about being done to pay for the test.
“The government or airline must pay for the exam,” he reasoned.
Women with Australian passports say that he is not from the ‘risky’ state he still entered through testing.
“My children suffer like together with me they also have to wait at the airport until the RT-PCR test results arrived,” he said.
According to the SOP, tourists are asked to pay RS 2,700 for a fast RT-PCR test, which results take approximately one hour.
Passengers can also choose for ordinary RT-PCR tests that cost Rs 400 but the results that take around six hours.
When Tii contacted airport officers for their comments, they said, “We have discounted our 13% royalty.
Many passengers protest 2% rules and RT-PCR costs, but they must understand that we only apply the SOP issued by the government.
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