Major spike in Covid-19 cases in HIMACHAL, Restrictions imposed by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur

INDIA REPORTER TODAY

SHIMLA : GEETA CHOPRA

With a major spike in Covid-19 cases, the Himachal Pradesh government on Sunday made RT-PCR test mandatory for visitors from seven high-load states of Punjab, Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, here. The people from these high load states will be permitted into Himachal only if they have a 72 hour prior RT-PCR negative report while April 16 onwards.