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Fully vaccinated people no longer need to carry COVID negative report on arrival at Mumbai

| @indiablooms | Jul 14, 2021, at 06:15 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Passengers flying to Maharashtra's capital Mumbai, who have received both shots of COVID-19 vaccine, will no longer need to carry negative RT-PCR test reports, the government announced on Tuesday.

Amid rising COVID-19 cases during the deadly second wave in the country, the Maharashtra government in May had imposed restrictions on domestic passengers.

The government had asked all passengers to carry a negative RT-PCR COVID test report, conducted 48 hours prior to their journey.

In a letter to Maharashtra chief secretary, Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai Iqbal Singh Chahal said: "There are many passengers who are taking up journey to Delhi or other business places in the morning and they are returning back on the same day in the evening or next day morning, in such case conducting the RT-PCR test and getting the report becomes impossible."

He said since the vaccination drive started across the country, many vaccinated people have been requesting to waive off this requirement of carrying the negative Covid report.

"In view of above, the domestic passengers who are fully vaccinated may be exempted from carrying negative RT-PCR test report while arriving in Mumbai," the official added.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 38.50 crore, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.

 

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