Over 300 passengers evade COVID-19 test at Silchar airport; dist admin warns action

SILCHAR: Around 300 passengers who had landed at the Kumbhirgram airport here evaded the mandatory COVID-19 test by yelling at and dodging the authorities.

The district administration has stated that strict action would be taken against the offenders for violating the COVID-19 protocol and Disaster Management Act.

The authorities are now tracing the violators from the contact details they had submitted while booking their tickets.

As many as 690 passengers, who arrived at the airport, were listed for the mandatory COVID test.  Rapid antigen test (RAT) was done on 189 passengers and six of them tested COVID-19 positive, who were later sent for isolation and treatment.

However, the others managed to escape after shouting and screaming at the authorities and policemen stationed at the airport for the tests.

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COVID-19 test has been made mandatory at the airports since Tuesday and a nearby government hospital was arranged for testing.

Assam recorded five more deaths due to COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,150, while 1,665 fresh positive cases took the tally to 2,29,138.

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