Amid an uptick in coronavirus infections in India, there is no plan so far to make RT-PCR testing for COVID-19 mandatory at airports for travellers in the country, official sources in the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
“Currently there is no plan so far to make RT-PCR testing for Covid mandatory at airports,” official sources told ANI.
India had issued revised guidelines dropping the requirement for RT-PCR-based testing of a random 2 per cent of travellers entering India in the month of July.
According to official sources, India reported 21 total cases of COVID-19 JN.1 sub-variant and there is no increase in hospitalisation rates.There is also no increase in hospitalisation cases and COVID-19 is an incidental finding in people hospitalised due to other medical conditions.
“The hospitalised cases are due to other medical conditions and COVID-19 is an incidental finding,” said official sources. In the last two weeks, a total number of 23 deaths have been reported so far sources said further. On Thursday India recorded 594 fresh COVID-19 infections while the number of active cases increased to 2,669 from 2,311 reported on Wednesday.
