International travellers entering Mizoram will have to undergo mandatory Rapid Antigen Test as per the new guidelines issued by the state government, in the wake of detection of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in some states, an official said.
Following the recommendations of a State Level Expert Team on COVID-19 management, the Mizoram government has issued guidelines for international travellers, the official said on Tuesday.
According to the guidelines issued on Monday, any person entering Mizoram with international travel history within the last 14 days, prior to the date of arrival at the entry point will have to undergo mandatory screening with Rapid Antigen Test. Simultaneously, samples for RT-PCR or TrueNat tests will also be taken from such travellers regardless of negative RT-PCR test results prior to entry and vaccination status.
