Of the 12,498 tests for Covid-19 applied at the laboratory installed at the Guadalajara International Airport between January 27 and February 20, only 171 have been positive, the airport’s general director, Martín Zazueta Chávez, said this week.
He said around one in three people arriving at the airport en route to international destinations are using the service, many because they are coming from parts of western Mexico where there are few, or no testing facilities. Since January 26, travelers to the United States must show proof of a negative Covid test prior to boarding their flights. Antigen tests cost 450 pesos, with results ready within one hour, Zazueta said, and PCR tests (1,450 pesos) in two days.