Emirates starts quick blood tests before boarding

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi  16.04.2020

: Move over thermal scanning, blood tests to ensure passengers are coronafree and fit to fly are also here now. On Wednesday, mega carrier Emirates at Dubai Airport conducted quick blood tests on people it was to fly to Tunisia before allowing them to board the aircraft, making it the first airline “to conduct onsite rapid Covid-19 tests for passengers.” Top officials of some Indian airports and airlines say they are studying this method and seeing if it can or should be done here too.

The quick blood test was conducted by Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and results were available within 10 minutes.

Full report on www.toi.in