Vigil heightened at inter-State checkposts
The Hindu
All types of travellers will have to mandatorily produce the RT-PCR negative report: DHO
Amid the scare over a possible rise in COVID-19 cases on account of the threat posed by Omicron variant and the cluster outbreak in parts of State including Mysuru, health officials have heightened vigil at inter-State checkposts in Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, and Kodagu.
Only persons possessing an RT-PCR negative report with sample collected less than 72 hours earlier are being allowed to enter the State check through the Bavali checkpost on the Karnataka-Kerala border, health officials in Mysuru said. Even vaccinated persons have to produce the RT-PCR negative certificate.
Though the protocol had already been in place for the last couple of weeks, the vigil had been heightened in view of the fresh scare over cluster outbreak and the Omicron variant, an official added.