Chennai: The Tamilnadu government has ordered a mandatory RT-PCR test report for people coming from Kerala from 5 August.
The move follows a considerable spike in Covid-19 cases in the neighbouring State in the past week. Tamilnadu is also beginning to witness a marginal spike in cases, prompting the State government to impose this requirement.
Revenue, medical and police department will check the movement of people and ensure that only those with negative report of RT-PCR test enter the State from Kerala, said a press release.
The certificates will be verified at 13 border check posts. In the wake of an increase in the case count over the last few days, this decision had been taken to curb the spread of Covid-19 early.