Govt mandates RT-PCR test for those arriving from Maha and Kerala
JAIPUR: The state government has announced that people coming from the states of Maharashtra and Kerala to Rajasthan will need to produce a negative RT-PCR test for entry in the state.
The decision was taken in a review meeting, chaired by chief minister Ashok Gehlot at his residence in Jaipur on Thursday.
It was also decided that an awareness campaign will be run beginning March for Covid vaccination.
“In a review meeting on Covid infection and vaccination, it has been decided that it will be mandatory for people coming to Rajasthan from Maharashtra and Kerala to bring negative report of the RT-PCR test,” Gehlot tweeted.
He informed that the awareness campaign for vaccination will be started from the first week of March. “Follow all
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Covid protocols strictly, and avoid any negligence. There is no need fear from Covid vaccine and those who are getting chance should get vaccinated,” he tweeted.
Gehlot said that a review meeting was called in the wake of reoccurrence of Covid-19 in neighbouring states and spread among the school-going children.
Meanwhile, 128 Covid-19 cases were reported in Rajasthan till Thursday evening, a maximum of 29 from Jaipur. The number of active cases in the state is 1,208.
In Rajasthan, over 7.83 lakh health and frontline workers have been vaccinated against the target of over 12 lakh. A total of 1,47,570 people has been given a second dose of the vaccine.
On Tuesday, Jodhpur city had imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) till March 21 to contain the spread of Covid-19 cases as concerns over resurgence in the infection mounts in several states.
According to official orders, only 100 people can gather in public including for weddings in Jodhpur city limits. Essential services and schools and colleges will however, stay open.