Kasaragod district admn. opens test centre at Talapady
The Hindu
This comes after Dakshina Kannada administration closes down one on this side of the border; checking for RT-PCR certificates intensified
After the closure of the COVID-19 test centre by the Dakshina Kannada district administration on the Karnataka-side of Talapady village, the Kasaragod (Kerala) district administration opened a test centre on the Kerala side of the village on Tuesday for travellers entering Karnataka. Kasaragod district administration has assigned the task of swab collection to a private firm, Spice Health. Swabs will be taken to the laboratory in the Government Hospital, Kasaragod, where the tests will be done. “An SMS having a link to the test result will be sent within 24 hours of swab collection,” said a representative of Spice Health. Kasaragod District Collector Bhandari Swagat Raveerchand on Monday stated that a test centre will be opened in the border area to facilitate tests for entry of people into Dakshina Kannada. Karnataka has made production of RT-PCR negative certificate of not older than 72 hours for entry into Dakshina Kannada and other districts bordering Kerala and Maharashtra mandatory.
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