Even as coronavirus cases rise, Kathmandu airport has not implemented mandatory screenings
Kathmandu, Jan. 21 -- At a time when many Asian countries have stepped up measures at the international ports of entry to prevent the possible transmission of a new strain of coronavirus, health screening of passengers at the Tribhuvan International Airport, the only international airport in the country, remains voluntary.
A health desk at the airport has simply placed a signboard that urges passengers to contact personnel if they have a fever or other health complications.
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"We provide a form to those air passengers who contact us about any kind of health complications," Dr Nishant Thakur, who has been deployed at the Tribhuvan International Airport health desk, told t...
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