Travelers seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, on June 23, 2021. (Flash90)
Ten days after returning to the country, some 3,000 Israelis still have not received results for the coronavirus tests administered to them at Ben Gurion Airport, Israeli television reported Monday.
The Health Ministry told Channel 12 it was aware of the problem and that only people who tested negative for COVID-19 have not received the results.
Many other incoming travelers were reportedly not getting the results until two days after they were tested.
The network noted that the delays came several weeks after a new company took over the testing apparatus at the airport. Unlike Check2Fly, the previous firm that managed the tests, the new company Femi Premium does not process the swab samples at the airport itself, but sends them to laboratories it does not operate itself.
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