Amid Covid Surge, Himachal Makes Online Registration Mandatory For Arrival

The order was issued on Sunday by the state health secretary under the HP Epidemic Disease (COVID-19) Regulations, 2020.

Online registration has been made mandatory from Tuesday midnight for people wanting to enter Himachal Pradesh, a state government notification said. The order was issued on Sunday by the state health secretary under the HP Epidemic Disease (COVID-19) Regulations, 2020. All people desirous of entering the state shall register themselves online and details of their arrival will be shared with all concerned for the purpose of quarantine requirement and contact tracing, the order said. This will be applicable from April 27 midnight to May 10, it added. "However, there shall be no monitoring of the inter-district and intra-district movement, except that from or into a containment zone," It added.