Air passengers travelling from Mumbai & Bengaluru to Assam should carry RT-PCR negative report

April 4: In view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in some parts of the country, the Government of Assam in Health & Family Welfare Department has come up with some new directives. This order will come into force with effect from 9 April, 2021.

• All air passengers from Mumbai and Bengaluru disembarking in any airport in Assam will mandatorily need to carry a negative RT-PCR report, conducted within 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey. The test report should be verifiable using QR code or otherwise.
• Airlines are to allow boarding only to those passengers at Mumbai and Bengaluru, who are carrying the negative RT-PCR test report.
• Any passenger from Mumbai and Bengaluru who arrives without satisfactory RT-PCR test report will have to undergo paid COVID-19 testing at airport and will wait in designated location inside airport premises at his/her own expense till his test result is available. If the test is positive, the passenger will shift to home isolation or hospital, as per treatment protocol.

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