New Delhi: The Delhi Airport tweeted an advisory about the random testing. The random testing will also be conducted at all railway stations, Inter-state Bus Terminals and other alighting points in the national capital next. After collection of samples, the travellers would be allowed to exit, but the passengers found positive will have to quarantine at home or at a designated hospital for the 10 days, the order by the Delhi government’s disaster management authority.

Delhi has also witnessed a rise in the number of fatalities due to Covid-19, a direct result of the surge in daily cases. While the city had reported 58 deaths in February, a total of 100 people have died so far this month.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority, in its order, said the situation of Covid-19 in Delhi has been reviewed and it has been observed that there has been a “perceptible increase in Covid-19 cases and positivity rate reported from some states”. It said the random testing will be conducted on arriving passengers from states where Covid-19 cases are surging, but did not list any states.