Nepal Airlines says it will only accept negative COVID-19 test certificates issued by government labs after several false negative passengers led to its being banned at some foreign airports.

The carrier has been boarding travellers holding a printed medical certificate with a negative test result issued not more than 72 hours before departure by any accredited private lab. Doubts were raised about the veracity of such certificates after several passengers were found to be infected upon arrival at the destination.

Two weeks ago, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal raised questions about the credibility of private labs after Nepal Airlines passengers carrying Covid negative certificates tested positive at foreign airports.

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