Covid Neutral Certificates From Other States Not Acceptable: Assam Minister

The minister said that the strain of virus found in the second wave is the UK variant which is very light and spreads very fast.

Assam Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday said that COVID neutral certificates from other states would not be accepted and all air and train passengers on reaching will have to undergo both Rapid Antigen and RT-PCR tests. Assam's current COVID-19 situation is primarly linked to people with travel history, he said. The minister said that the strain of virus found in the second wave is the UK variant which is very light and spreads very fast. "Those coming from outside must undergo RT-PCR test on reaching Assam and the results will be available within 24 hours but till then they should stay in isolation", he said.