The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) that frisks lakhs of passengers at airports across the country has asked its personnel to adopt a 'minimum touch' approach in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.
According to CISF official, the CISF personnel have also been asked to maintain a distance of 2.5 cm from passengers during frisking.
The CISF chief Rajesh Ranjan and head of airport security of the force, M A Ganapathy visited the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Thursday to take stock of facilities provided to passengers.
The DG also reviewed the arrangements made for CISF personnel who frisk and interact with thousands of travellers everyday, a senior official said.
The force has also directed its intelligence wing personnel, who are present in mufti at the airport, to keep a check on "potentially infected and sick passengers" so that health and security officials can quickly segregate them from others.
"CISF personnel deployed at 63 domestic and international airports have been sensitised to adopt 'minimum touch' concept and also wear masks and not to touch any item of the passenger," a force spokesperson said.