No negative RT-PCR certificate is needed for passengers coming from Maha to K’taka

PTI, Feb 12, 2022, 10:18 AM IST

Minister Sudhakar said that the passengers coming from Maharashtra to Karnataka, through all modes of transportation, no longer need a negative RTPCR report.

However, he further added that the vaccine certificate is mandatory.

Taking to Twitter the minister wrote, “Passengers coming from Maharashtra to Karnataka, through all modes of transportation, no longer need a negative RTPCR report. Vaccine certificate is however mandatory.”

Meanwhile, in a circular issued, T.K. Anil Kumar, Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) said that the rule has been relaxed in view of the current COVID-19 situation.

With a gradual decline in cases in Maharashtra, the TAC had last week recommended that Karnataka should stop insisting on negative RT-PCR reports from Maharashtra travellers.

TAC members had deliberated on this issue at its 153rd meeting held recently.