Tamil Nadu makes negative Covid report a must for those from Kerala

The addendum made compulsory the negative report or vaccination certificate or both for travellers from Kerala.

#UPDATE: As per revised guidelines issued by TN Govt, all passengers arriving from Kerala should carry RT- PCR negative report (taken within 72 hrs prior journey) or produce certificate showing that they have taken both the doses of #Covid19 vaccine.@TNDeptofHealth @AAI_Official

— Chennai (MAA) Airport (@aaichnairport) August 4, 2021

All passengers entering Tamil Nadu from Kerala via air, sea, rail and road should carry a negative RT-PCR test report. The test should have been conducted within 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey or produce a certificate of two doses of approved Covid-19 vaccination or both, the addendum said.

In a communication to all the secretaries of the government departments and Greater Chennai Corporation today, the principal secretary to government, Health and Family Welfare, Dr J Radhakrishnan said this clause was added following a request from the director of public health and preventive medicine Dr T S Selvavinayagam to add to the existing Covid-19 screening/testing guidelines.

Tamil Nadu has been witnessing a dip in the virus cases since Monday with the State recording less than 2,000 fresh
cases. Today, there were 1,949 new cases.