Flying to MP from Maharashtra? Carry a negative COVID-19 report
What's the story
Indore District Magistrate Manish Singh, on Monday, issued guidelines which said air passengers coming from Maharashtra must produce a negative RT-PCR test carried out no more than 48 hours before, on arrival at Indore in Madhya Pradesh.
In Bhopal, district authorities issued similar guidelines, saying passengers should produce negative COVID-19 reports with the test carried out no more than 72 hours before.
Guidelines
Carry a report or take a test on arrival
The rule was announced as new cases upsurged in the neighboring states in the last few days.
Indore authorities also said that those passengers who do not have a negative RT-PCR test report will have to undergo the test at their own expense at the airport.
If they test positive, they'll have to stay in home quarantine until they are free of the infection.
COVID-19 spread
A comparison between the situation in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
On Monday, Madhya Pradesh reported 797 fresh cases of coronavirus, raising the infection count to 2,69,391. The state has so far reported 3,890 deaths due to COVID-19, as per official figures.
Maharashtra on Monday recorded 15,051 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the state's overall caseload to 23,29,464, according to the state health department. Out of the total cases, there were 21,44,743 recoveries and 52,909 deaths.
Information
Coronavirus figures in two of MP's largest cities
With 259 new COVID-19 cases, Indore's caseload reached 62,411 on Monday, while that of Bhopal rose to 45,535 with the addition of 199 cases. Till now, Indore has registered 943 deaths due to coronavirus while Bhopal is sitting at 622.
Curbs
New restrictions likely for Mumbai, parts of Maharashtra
New restrictions are likely to be imposed in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra as the state has been witnessing a spike in COVID-19 infections.
Maharashtra is India's worst-hit state in terms of the absolute number of cases, the absolute number of deaths, the number of active infections, and the rate of rise in infections.
Nagpur is already under a week-long lockdown.