Maharashtra Mandates -ve RT-PCR Report For Train Passengers From Delhi, 5 States
Mumbai: In order to curb the transmission of the COVID19 and to stop the influx of other variants into the State of Maharashtra from other locations, the state government has declared some states as places of sensitive origin.
Maharashtra government has declared the following states as places of sensitive origin: Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi and NCR region and Uttarakhand. The number of COVID cases is on the rise in these states. Passengers from these states will need an RT-PCR negative test report for COVID19.
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“These places will be considered the places of sensitive origin from the date of this order till the time it is retracted or till COVID-19 stays notified as a disaster,” it stated.
However, for passengers travelling in long-distance trains from these places, the railways shall share data of the trains that are scheduled to be running between these places and stations in Maharashtra with the local disaster management authorities, as per the SOPs.
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The data of passengers will be shared with the local disaster management authority each day, four hours before the departure from the origin of trains, the government said.
No unreserved tickets will be issued from these places to Maharashtra. The railways should ensure trains from the places of sensitive origin come to outer platforms where it is easier to conduct thermal screening (of passengers), the order said.
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If the passengers are not carrying the RT-PCR negative report, they will have to undergo a rapid antigen test at the station, it added.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra is the worst-hit state in terms of the number of cases and deaths, on Sunday state has reported the highest number of 68,631 fresh infections while 503 patients died, as per the state health department. With this, the cumulative caseload in Maharashtra mounted to 38,39,338 while the death toll reached 60,473.
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