The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has brought sanity to travel guidelines by abolishing the need for compulsory RT-PCR tests for passengers travelling by rail, road or air. This effectively puts an end to the excessive caution adopted by some states like Karnataka which were mandating RT-PCR tests even for fully vaccinated travellers coming from high-infection zones like Kerala and Maharashtra.
This is not to say that Karnataka’s guidelines were wrong or unscientific. In fact, the fact that you are vaccinated only means that you have some degree of protection; it is no guarantee that you are not carrying a viral load without knowing it and capable of infecting others who don’t have the same immunity. So, if you want to be overly cautious about travellers coming from high-risk zones, it does make some sense to additionally demand RT-PCR negative tests with 72-hour validity.
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