As many as 125 passengers on a chartered flight from Rome tested positive after they landed at Amritsar airport on Thursday.
“There were 179 passengers on the flight. 160 were tested and the remaining were exempted as they were under five years of age. Total 125 passengers tested positive and were handed over to the State government as per the Centre’s guidelines,” airport Director V.K. Sethi told The Hindu.
India and Italy don’t have an air bubble for flights and special permissions are granted for operating chartered flights. These permissions are coordinated by the Ministry of External Affairs, Indian Embassy in Rome and the State government, a senior DGCA official said. He said “suitable action will be taken against the charter operator.”
