May 05, 2021, 17:16 IST
In response to the exponential increase in the Covid cases across the country, the Indian Medical Council of Research has issued a new set of recommendations for testing against the Covid-19. The apex body proposed that the mandatory RT-PCR examination for healthy people traveling in the country be removed under the new guidelines.
In the advisory, the ICMR stated that "the need for RT-PCR testing [for] healthy individuals undertaking inter-state domestic travel can be fully eliminated." It went on to state that all asymptomatic domestic travelers adhere to Covid-19 guidelines.
Since RT-PCR tests are more accurate than rapid antigen tests, people traveling within the country were previously required to generate a negative RT-PCR report in order to cross the border.