RT-PCR to be mandatory for passengers from China, Japan, S Korea, Singapore, Thailand: Mandaviya

New Delhi, 24/12: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said RT-PCR test for the detection of Covid-19 would be made mandatory for passengers from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand for their travel to India.

Any passenger from these countries found symptomatic or testing positive for coronavirus would be quarantined, he said.

“Passengers from China, Japan, Singapore and Bangkok (Thailand) are being monitored through the ‘Air Suvidha’ portal,” Mandaviya told reporters.