No Mandatory COVID-19 Test For Children Below 10 Years Entering Assam
NDTV
Children below 10 years of age along with double vaccinated parent(s)/ guardian(s) coming to Assam are hereby exempted from the mandatory COVID-19 testing.
Mandatory COVID-19 testing of children below 10 years of age entering Assam with double vaccinated guardians has been done away with by the state government, an official notification said on Monday.
Fully vaccinated adults coming into the state were already exempted from compulsory testing for the infection through an earlier order.
The latest notification issued by Anurag Goel, principal secretary, Health and Family Welfare department, said, “Children below 10 years of age along with double vaccinated parent(s)/ guardian(s) coming to Assam are hereby exempted from the mandatory COVID-19 testing.”
“However, voluntary paid testing for such children shall be facilitated if the parents/ guardians so desire,” it added.