Coronavirus | Puri does not accept tourists without negative RT-PCR report
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Passengers arriving from Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh being monitored
With daily COVID-19 infections continuing to rise in Odisha, the Puri district administration announced it would keep a close watch on tourists coming from five high risk States. “The State government had issued a notice about monitoring of passengers coming from Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. We are strictly following the instruction, with tourists without a very recent RT-PCR negative report being sent for seven days of home isolation,” Samarth Verma, Puri District Collector, said on Tuesday.
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