Gujarat govt imposes restrictions for people arriving from Kerala, makes Covid-19 tests mandatory

Gandhinagar, Aug 28: With the COVID-19 cases increasing in Pinarayi Vijayan led- Kerala government, the Gujarat government has decided to impose strict rules against people arriving from Kerala. It has made it mandatory for all the people arriving from Kerala to undergo a thorough check-up for coronavirus symptoms before entering Gujarat.

 

Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister and state health minister Nitin Patel said that if a person is found to have symptoms, she or he will be quarantined as per the Union government’s protocol. "Kerala’s population is four crores, less than that of Gujarat (6.5 crores). But that state recorded 30,000 coronavirus cases yesterday," said Patel, adding that despite Kerala vaccinating a large number of people, a large number of people are contracting Covid-19 infection.

 

 

The Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister also said the government has directed the health department to ensure check-up of all people coming from Kerala for coronavirus symptoms. "They may arrive by train or flight or by any other means, they should be checked," added Patel. He has also asked officials to find out why there is a surge in infections in Kerala despite a high vaccination rate.

 

"Gujarat has also administered over 4.5 crore doses of vaccine, and we would like to know the scientific reason as to why people are getting infected in large numbers in Kerala even after being vaccinated," Nitin Patel said.

 

 

After Maharashtra, Kerala has been one of the two highest caseloads of Covid-19 in the country. In fact, Kerala remains the worst Covid-19 affected state in the country and continues to burden the country’s efforts in tackling the second wave of the pandemic even as other states have successfully reduced fresh Covid-19 cases.

 

 

In the last 24 hours, Kerala has reported 32,801 new cases, 18,573 recoveries and 179 deaths. With this, the total active Covid cases have now gone up to 1,95,254.