No separate SOP for people coming to Goa from Maharashtra amid lockdown: Pramod Sawant
May 27, 2020
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 27 : Goa will not have any separate Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for travellers coming from Maharashtra amid the lockdown, said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday.
As per the new direction, people coming to the state either have to bring a COVID-19 certificate declaring them as 'negative' or undergo testing for the virus.
"We have dropped the idea of having separate COVID-19 SOP for people coming from Maharashtra. However, we maintain the need for a COVID negative certificate and a compulsory COVID test," Sawant told reporters at a press conference at the state secretariat.
"The 14-day home quarantine option will be no longer available. Either you bring the negative certificate or have to undergo the test," the Chief Minister added.
On Tuesday, Sawant had said that Goa is likely to have a separate SOP for travellers coming from Maharashtra as 90 per cent of positive cases are from the worst-hit COVID-19 state in the country.
On Sunday, Goa released a revised SOP for all domestic passengers arriving by air, rail, or road to the state as domestic flight services resumed on Monday.
The state government made COVID-19 negative certificate mandatory for people who want to enter Goa.
