PESHAWAR: Almost 32 frontline workers of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at Baccha Khan International Airport, Peshawar as the number of COVID-positive passengers arriving from Gulf countries has increased to 80.
The airport manager of the Peshawar airport has confirmed the development. The positive frontline CAA workers mainly include members from vigilance and airport services.
Bridge operators and staffers from the human resource and medical department are also among the affectees, the airport manager added. Meanwhile, the airport authorities have cited an increasing number of COVID positive passengers’ arrival from Gulf countries as the main reason behind virus spread.
So far 80 passengers have turn out to be COVID-positive at the Peshawar airport after undergoing rapid testing. “The airport premises is being disinfected properly and a regular spray is being carried out to avoid a spike in the cases,” the manager added.
Earlier on May 18, twenty-eight passengers from Bahrain tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the Bacha Khan International Airport. The airport’s COO informed that rapid antigen tests were conducted on 130 passengers who arrived at the airport from Bahrain.
