Several states have even restricted travel fearing a surge in cases in the festival season — Onam, Raksha Bandhan, Ganesh Chaturthi fall in August. While overall cases have come down, Kerala and Maharashtra are still reporting high caseload prompting neighbouring states to check movements of people. Some states have even made it mandatory for travellers to carry negative RT-PCR reports if they are entering from regions with ahigh number of active or daily cases. The rule on full vaccination or negative report will apply to all those entering Punjab by road, rail or air. In Bengaluru, anegative test is mandatory for residents of apartments when they are returning from any other state.

Source: Mint August 14, 2021 16:09 UTC