At least 19 more passengers tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday when a flight from Saudi Arabia was screened for the virus at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport.
Details shared by the Sindh health department stated that a Saudi Airline flight SV-708 landed at the Karachi airport from Riyadh and the passengers were screened for Covid-19.
“Rapid testing found 19 passengers testing positive for the infection,” the health department shared. It was further said that the said passengers were shifted to a quarantine facility.
Previously, it was noted that authorities found 133 inbound passengers positive for Covid-19 at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport between June 5 and June 25.
An integrated mechanism has been devised to detect inbound travellers carrying COVID-19 at the country’s airports by the health authorities.
