Covid-19 patient stopped at IIA

RAWALPINDI:

Airport authorities stopped a passenger from traveling because his test reports showed him to be infected with Covid-19.

Islamabad International Airport (IIA) officials informed that a passenger named Tariq Iqbal reached the counter during a briefing of an Istanbul-bound private airliner flight was underway. The counter officials called a doctor from the health department of the Civil Aviation Authority.

After an examination, the passenger was prevented from taking the flight and was asked to return home and observe self-isolation.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, November 9^th, 2020.