Taken 1 dose of vax? For Kumbh, -ve report still a must, says HC
Prashant.Jha@timesgroup.com
Nainital:01.04.2021
A day after the Uttarakhand government issued an advisory asking those coming from 12 identified states where Covid cases were rising to carry a Covid-19-negative RT-PCR test report, the Uttarakhand HC on Wednesday said that people who have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will also need Covid-19-negative certification before visiting the Kumbh Mela.
The court further directed the state government to increase testing in Haridwar to 50,000 per day after it was informed that despite its claims of conducting 55,000 tests per day in the holy city, the state was conducting only about 5,000 tests per day (including RT-PCR and antigen).
The court also directed the state government to encourage people to take vaccines at designated centres at the Kumbh site. The HC added that facilities to keep people under observation after they are administered the vaccine should also be created. The directions came from the bench of Chief Justice RS Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma while it was hearing a bunch of PILs concerning the state’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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