Stranded Kuwait passengers return to city
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 11.05.2020
As many as 171 passengers including four infants stranded in Kuwait due to shutdown reached Chennai by a special Air India Express flight at 9.25pm on Sunday. This is the third rescue flight to the city. The first two flights from Dubai reached on Saturday early morning.
The passengers were taken to quarantine centres arranged by the government in special buses after nasal and throat swabs were taken to check for Covid-19. The passengers will remain in 14days quarantine.
Officials from health department also put quarantine stamp on their hands to ensure that they not violate the isolation.
An airport official said the same safety protocol that was followed to handle the passengers who arrived by the two flights from Dubai were used to handle the people who arrived from Kuwait also.
The passengers were first checked using thermal scanners and then were led to the immigration counters. After collecting the bags they proceeded to register to select a quarantine facility. Air India Express will operate flights from Kuala Lumpur, Muscat, Manila and Dhaka as part of the Vande Bharat Mission to bring stranded Indians.
BACK HOME: A plane from Kuwait lands at Chennai on Sunday
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