Mumbai: Amid the surge in Covid-19 cases, the Mumbai civic body has made rapid RT-PCR test mandatory for all the international passengers landing at the international airport here.
The guidelines, issued last week, were effective since Monday, an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Tuesday.
Earlier, the RT-PCR test was mandatory only for international travellers arriving from ‘countries at risk’.
Covid-19 cases, up 34.37 per cent from a day ago and highest daily count since April 7, 2021.
“If this sample (routine RT-PCR) test is negative, then the passenger will be allowed to go home for mandatory home quarantine for a total period of seven days,” as per the revised guidelines.