<p>Passengers flying into India's biggest airports on Wednesday complained of long waits and confusion as authorities sought to impose rules to try to stop the spread of a new more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.</p>.<p>Like many countries, India has suspended flights from Britain, where cases have soared because of the variant.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-karnataka-maharashtra-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-gujarat-Bengaluru-deaths-cases-recoveries-Covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-moderna-AstraZeneca-930521.html#1" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>People arriving from Britain before the ban came into force on Wednesday were being tested, including Kamini Saraswat whose plane landed in New Delhi just before midnight.</p>.<p>Despite pre-booking a test, her turn came nine hours after arrival and she told Reuters she was still stuck at the airport waiting for the result.</p>.<p>"There is no clear communication," said Saraswat, 28. "There is no social distancing."</p>.<p>Cellphone footage taken by Saraswat, shared with Reuters, showed long lines of passengers and crowds packed together around desks to get themselves tested.</p>.<p>India's hardest-hit state of Maharashtra, home to financial capital Mumbai, has taken additional measures, quarantining most passengers arriving from Europe and the Middle East for a week. Many European and Middle Eastern countries have also suspended flights from Britain, but act as transit hubs for the big airlines flying into India.</p>.<p>Ishwari Gaurav Naik, who arrived in Mumbai from Dubai at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, said she had to wait more than six hours before authorities sent her and three family members to a quarantine facility.</p>.<p>"There was huge chaos there," Naik said from her temporary accommodation at a school. "Nobody knows anything. There is no coordination between staff."</p>.<p>Delhi and Mumbai airport officials declined to comment, and local officials in both cities and India's federal health ministry did not respond to questions from Reuters.</p>.<p>Federal authorities have said that all required measures will be undertaken but have given few details of how the extra checks will be staffed.</p>.<p>India's plan to track down and screen all arrivals from Britain since November 25 is also getting stretched.</p>.<p>Immigration officials are tasked to provide the details of all travellers from Britain since then. They will be then contacted by state and district health officials.</p>.<p>A 54-year-old British citizen who flew into Mumbai on Monday morning said he was yet to receive either the result of his airport coronavirus test or any follow-up calls.</p>.<p>"The intention may be very good, but it is all down to the execution," he said, declining to be named.</p>
<p>Passengers flying into India's biggest airports on Wednesday complained of long waits and confusion as authorities sought to impose rules to try to stop the spread of a new more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.</p>.<p>Like many countries, India has suspended flights from Britain, where cases have soared because of the variant.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-karnataka-maharashtra-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-gujarat-Bengaluru-deaths-cases-recoveries-Covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-moderna-AstraZeneca-930521.html#1" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>People arriving from Britain before the ban came into force on Wednesday were being tested, including Kamini Saraswat whose plane landed in New Delhi just before midnight.</p>.<p>Despite pre-booking a test, her turn came nine hours after arrival and she told Reuters she was still stuck at the airport waiting for the result.</p>.<p>"There is no clear communication," said Saraswat, 28. "There is no social distancing."</p>.<p>Cellphone footage taken by Saraswat, shared with Reuters, showed long lines of passengers and crowds packed together around desks to get themselves tested.</p>.<p>India's hardest-hit state of Maharashtra, home to financial capital Mumbai, has taken additional measures, quarantining most passengers arriving from Europe and the Middle East for a week. Many European and Middle Eastern countries have also suspended flights from Britain, but act as transit hubs for the big airlines flying into India.</p>.<p>Ishwari Gaurav Naik, who arrived in Mumbai from Dubai at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, said she had to wait more than six hours before authorities sent her and three family members to a quarantine facility.</p>.<p>"There was huge chaos there," Naik said from her temporary accommodation at a school. "Nobody knows anything. There is no coordination between staff."</p>.<p>Delhi and Mumbai airport officials declined to comment, and local officials in both cities and India's federal health ministry did not respond to questions from Reuters.</p>.<p>Federal authorities have said that all required measures will be undertaken but have given few details of how the extra checks will be staffed.</p>.<p>India's plan to track down and screen all arrivals from Britain since November 25 is also getting stretched.</p>.<p>Immigration officials are tasked to provide the details of all travellers from Britain since then. They will be then contacted by state and district health officials.</p>.<p>A 54-year-old British citizen who flew into Mumbai on Monday morning said he was yet to receive either the result of his airport coronavirus test or any follow-up calls.</p>.<p>"The intention may be very good, but it is all down to the execution," he said, declining to be named.</p>