Jaipur: Following the increase in Covid cases in Kerala, Maharashtra and several northeastern states, the state government has issued instructions to officials to ensure that landing in the country must bring RT-PCR negative reports.
Officials said orders had been issued to check RT-PCR negative reports on their arrival.
Chairman of the Ashok Gehlot Minister on Wednesday Tweeted, “At present, eight states / UTS reproductive factors (R factor) covid more than one.
Throughout the country, it is 1.2.
In the past few days, cases have increased, which is a problem.
“He said factor-R helped understand how many people could infect positive people.
If the factor r is less than 1, then it shows that the speed of the spread of the virus is slow.
In the state, R factor is 0.5.
Many tourists from the country go to a different place where factors above 1.
In some southern and northeast countries, the surge in Covid cases takes victims on people’s health.
The state government is aware of it and ensures that people who fly to the country must bring a negative RT-PCR report.
“We have issued orders to make RT-PCR negative reports that are mandatory for all tourists who reach the country.
Orders are still valid and have no change in it,” said a senior health department official.
In addition, on the road that connects the border between countries, the Ministry of Health team has camped and conducted RT-PCR tests in districts such as Banswara and Pratapgarh, who shared the border with Madhya Pradesh and Banswara.
“We shared the border with Madhya Pradesh.
During the day, our team remained at the checkpost where the police also remained deployed.
Our team was alert and we were conducting an RT-PCR antigen test and quickly.
For more than a month, we have not reported Covid infection.
And we have no active Covid case in our district, “said Dr.
Wisnu Dayal Meena, Head of Medical Health Officer, Pratapgarh.
At Jaipur airport too, the Ministry of Health Team remained deployed to ask for passengers to show a required RT-PCR negative report.
A passenger, who has arrived at the airport from Delhi recently said, “I boarded a plane from Delhi where I was asked to show RT-PCR negative reports.
When I reached Jaipur, the Ministry of Health staff attended the airport and asked for a RT- report PCR is mandatory.
But I saw several passengers who managed to escape without showing the report.
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