Re-mandatory "BCR" test for travelers of some countries

India has decided to make the PCR test compulsory for travelers from some countries again.

Corona procedures for travelers

Yesterday, the Indian government announced that as part of the tightening of anti-Covid 19 measures, the real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT/PCR) test will be mandatory for travelers coming from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand.

It asked Indian states to conduct simulated exercises on December 27 to ensure the readiness of health facilities, including medical oxygen generating stations.

Random coronavirus test for travelers

Starting yesterday, random coronavirus testing of international travelers began at airports, including those in New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Indore and Goa, under new guidelines requiring testing of 2% of arriving passengers on each international flight, according to the agency. Press Trust of India.

Implementation of new measures to confront the Corona crisis

With the ordeal the country faced during the second COVID-19 wave in April 2021 still on the minds of the authorities, the central government told the states and territories that oxygen control rooms should be activated, in order to find quick solutions to oxygen-related issues and challenges.