The West Bengal government on Tuesday made it mandatory for all travellers coming to the state to carry a negative RT-PCR report to show that they are free of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The decision will be implemented with immediate effect, West Bengal home secretary BP Gopalika informed in a formal letter to civil aviation secretary PS Kharola. Meanwhile, the Covid-19 caseload of West Bengal was pushed to 1,518,847 after 666 people tested positive for the viral disease over the last 24 hours. So far, 1,488,077 people have recovered from the disease in West Bengal. Since Sunday, 40,391 samples have been tested for Covid-19 in the state taking the total number of such tests to 1,51,78,563.

Source: Hindustan Times July 20, 2021 09:00 UTC