All those who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with vaccine certificate showing at least 15 days since taking the second dose are now permitted to enter Maharashtra without an RT-PCR test.
The exemption is applicable to all domestic and international passengers. The government also increased the interval of validity of the RTPCR test from 48 hours to 72 hours.
But, despite the status of vaccination, the Maharashtra government said all passengers must follow Covid appropriate behaviour at all times.
Maharashtra has reported 8,010 new Covid-19 cases and 170 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours. The state witnessed a drop in the daily Covid-19 cases, while the fatalities remained the same.
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