Assam modifies SOPs for persons arriving in state; Check details here

Guwahati: Assam's health and family welfare department on Tuesday announced relaxations for people arriving in the state via air, road, or railways. As per the latest rules, if a person has tested COVID-19 positive at any given point of time, he/she need not undergo a COVID-19 test upon arrival in the state.

]"Any person who had previously tested positive for COVID-19 and subsequently tested negative, need not undergo Rapid Antigen/ RT-PCR testing on arrival in Assam by air/road/railways, and isolation/quarantine, subject to production of satisfactory test result document," said the government order issued by Samir K Sinha, Principal Secretary to the Assam government's Health and Family Welfare department.

This means that they will need to produce their discharge certificate from the hospital or Covid-19 negative report given by the ICMR.

Meanwhile, the Assam government has introduced mandatory RT-PCR tests on arrival for air passengers in addition to the existing rapid antigen tests in order to reduce the time spent on quarantine.

Now, travellers will not need to undergo isolation if their test results are found to be negative. In fact, they can procure test results within a day by paying a sum of Rs. 2,200. For those who don't pay the amount, the RT-PCR test results will be given to them within 5 days, during which period, they will have to stay in home quarantine

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently announced 'tatkal' (quick) RT-PCR test results within 24 hours and said several other guidelines were being introduced to ease travel hassles for arriving air passengers.

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