Karnataka govt issues fresh guidelines for international travellers

Bengaluru, 28 Oct 2021 [Fik/News Sources]: The Karnataka government has issued fresh travel guidelines and made negative RT-PCR report mandatory for those coming to the state from abroad, in view of the new super-spreader AY.4.2 Delta variant of Covid-19, which is spreading in some foreign countries.

The new guideline makes it mandatory for travellers to submit a self-declaration form regarding the authenticity of the Covid negative report on the online portal ‘Air Suvidha’ before the scheduled travel, since a fake report will be liable for criminal prosecution.

Meanwhile, even as panic gripped many in Karnataka owing to the discovery of two cases of the AY 4.2 sub-lineage of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in Bengaluru, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has dismissed rumours there could be another lockdown in the state.