NCOC revises travel protocols for passengers coming from UK

ISLAMABAD: In view of growing cases of Omicron in the United Kingdom, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has revised the travel advisory for the flights coming from the UK to Pakistan.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the NCOC has issued new instructions regarding flights from the United Kingdom to Pakistan. Rapid antigen tests (RAT) have been made mandatory at airports for all passengers on flights.

The directives stipulate that flights from the UK to Pakistan be adjusted in such a way so that rapid antigen tests of all passengers at airports can be completed timely.

Similarly, one flight after another should have enough time to complete the rapid antigen test of all the passengers of the previous flight. Passengers will be required to take the COVID-19 PCR test 48 hours before boarding the flight.

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials said the move was made in the wake of the increasing number of Omicron variants of coronavirus in the UK.

It is to be noted that a new strain of coronavirus is spreading rapidly around the world.