Tamil Nadu Makes E-pass Mandatory For Domestic And Int'l Passengers.

 

 

Travelers visiting the state after generating an e-pass allow the government to trace them or their contacts if they had tested Covid-19 positive during their stay in Tamil Nadu.

All overseas and domestic passengers except those from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Puducherry arriving in Tamil Nadu must now carry an E-pass, to get an entry into the State, read a Government order dated March 4. The Tamil Nadu government has been issued due to the sudden surge in Coronavirus cases, wherein the state recorded over 520 fresh positives on Sunday, while four people succumbed to the virus.

A Government Order to this effect was issued recently by the Health and Family Welfare Department. 

Last year, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tamil Nadu government had allowed only those with an e-pass to take up inter-district and inter-state travel, though the norms were relaxed later.

State Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan recently expressed concern over laxity in wearing of masks among people and the trend of formation of COVID-19 clusters after people attended weddings or funerals.

On Sunday, Tamil Nadu continued to witness an upward trend in its daily tally with 567 new cases being reported, pushing the gross to 8.55 lakh.

Moreover, the government has also issued certain new guidelines for travelers arriving from overseas. Passengers from the UK, South Africa, and Brazil arriving directly to Tamil Nadu, must give their samples for testing before leaving the Airports. This has to be mandatorily done even if the passenger tested negative for Coronavirus in the other states upon arrival to India.

Passengers from Europe and the Middle East (except UK, SA, and Brazil) have been asked to fill a Self Declaration Form for Coronavirus. This must be done by visiting the Air Suvidha Portal before a passenger's schedules travel into India. The passengers have also been asked to disclose the details of their travel (14 days prior to arrival). They must get an RT-PCR test done 72 hours before their day of travel to India and the negative report must be uploaded on www.newdelhiairport.in

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