KATUNAYAKE : In view of facilitating the passengers travelling to United Arab Emirates (UAE), Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited has established a Rapid PCR Testing Service facility at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) premises to conduct Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests for Covid-19.
Last week Emirates Airlline offloaded a flight of passengers for want of Rapid Antigen Test before departure.
The laboratory is operated by Asiri Laboratories and the service is available from 14th August 2021 to facilitate the passengers who are mandatorily required to carry a negative Rapid PCR report obtained within 04 hours prior to the scheduled departure to enter their destinations in the UAE.
Pictures removed from the newly opened laboratory at the Colombo airport show a smooth operations of the clinical tests.