The Srinagar International airport authorities, on Sunday, urged the passengers to confirm their latest COVID-19 test report and its validity before traveling with the concerned airline operator in order to avoid any last-minute confusion.
“It is advised to all passengers before traveling kindly confirm the latest COVID Test Report requirement and validity from concern Airline operator to avoid any last time confusion, ” Srinagar Airport wrote on its official Twitter handle, on Sunday.
Passengers, including tourists arriving in Kashmir through Srinagar airport, undergo RT-PCR test but it takes two to three days for the reports to arrive. During this time, the passengers are allowed to move into the city.
Until recently, there was no testing of those reaching here by Srinagar-Jammu national highway. The COVID-19 cases have risen unabated in Kashmir valley, particularly the summer capital, Srinagar, which has recorded a major chunk of positive cases during the last couple of days.
Meanwhile, strike restrictions remained imposed on Sunday on the movement of people in Kashmir valley, as part of a 34-hour-long ‘corona curfew’ announced by the administration amid a rapid rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Union Territory of J&K.
As many as 2030 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus, including 834 from the Jammu division and 1196 from the Kashmir division, were reported on Saturday. Fifteen people, including eight from Kashmir and seven from Jammu, lost their lives to the virus on Saturday. KNO