Bengal makes RT-PCR test mandatory for people from 7 more countries on arrival
- ByAyushi Ray | September 8, 2021
Bengal makes RT-PCR test mandatory for people from 7 more countries on arrival. The four other such countries are New Zealand, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and Botswana. The practice would start from Wednesday, the official said. The decision was taken at a meeting between senior officials of the health department and experts from various related fields, the official added. The rule is already in place for passengers from the United Kingdom and Brazil. “International passengers coming from the seven countries will have to undergo RT-PCR test for Covid on arrival here, irrespective of their negative test report before boarding or even they have completed.
We are following the directive of the ministry of health and family welfare… what is already being done with passengers from or transiting through the UK or Brazil,” an official said. As per the decision, the testing would be a paid service at the Netaji Subhas Chandra International Airport in Kolkata. If any passenger wants a free service, he or she would be sent to Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in the city, he added. However, it is not clear where the travellers from these countries would stay till the results of the RT-PCR tests are received. Meanwhile, seven persons succumbed to Covid-19 in West Bengal taking the death toll to 18,522, the health bulletin said. Two deaths each were registered in North 24 Parganas, Hooghly and Nadia districts while one fatality was reported from South 24 Parganas district.
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