Karachi
At least eight passengers who arrived from Saudi Arabia have tested positive for corona virus at Jinnah International airport, aviation authorities confirmed on Friday.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that all of them were deported from the kingdom and were screened using Rapid Antigen Testing for COVID-19 upon arrival at the airport. The CAA said that the infected individuals have been shifted to a quarantine facility in Korangi managed by the Sindh Health Department.
In a parallel development, sources said that 28 passengers to have arrived from Category C countries were sent to quarantine facilities.
Of the 28, 27 were from Mozambique and one from South Africa.
