Amid fear of a possible threat that the new COVID-19 variant Omicron could pose, residents of Srinagar Monday urged the authorities to rigorously test and screen arriving travelers, especially foreigners. The residents said that the travelers from South Africa and other countries, who were “at-risk”, needed to be screened and put under necessary quarantine in case of symptoms. A group of residents of Dalgate said that they saw few tourists arriving in vehicles roaming freely without being screened on their arrival. “We inquired from them if they had been screened…
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