{"id":260833,"date":"2022-12-24T16:16:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T16:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamslivenews.com\/?p=260833"},"modified":"2022-12-24T16:16:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T16:16:30","slug":"random-covid-test-for-intl-passengers-resumes-at-airports-tn-minister-inspect-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2022\/12\/random-covid-test-for-intl-passengers-resumes-at-airports-tn-minister-inspect-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Random COVID test for Intl passengers resumes at airports, TN Minister inspect facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Random COVID tests of two per cent International passengers coming from highly-infected countries like China and Japan, began at the International airports in Tamil Nadu, including the Chennai airport, on Saturday.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The random tests of international passengers were being tested due to the new<br \/>\nvariant of COVID-19, BF.7, a sub-lineage of BA.5 variant of Omicron have seen<br \/>\na surge in some countries.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma.Subramanian inspected the testing<br \/>\nfacilities at the Anna International airport here today.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Covid cases are massively increasing in some Asian and other countries,the Union government ordered RT-PCR tests for random passengers arriving in India from these countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Health Department has set up special counters in airports to test the passengers<br \/>\nwho are arriving from the USA, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>However, since most of the passengers are arriving on different connecting flights,<br \/>\nthe health department is monitoring all the passengers and selecting the two per cent<br \/>\nof passengers randomly and an RT-PCR test is being conducted for them.<\/p>\n<p>Children below 12 years will not be tested. 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