The Punjab government on Saturday announced that people entering the state will have to provide a negative RT-PCR report or should be fully vaccinated against covid-19. The state government will implement strict monitoring of people entering the state particularly of those coming from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu, which are showing increased positivity in the covid-19 cases. Amid reports of Covid cases from schools, the CM also directed that only fully vaccinated teaching and non-teaching staff, or those recently recovered from Covid, physically teach in schools and colleges. Meanwhile, Punjab on Friday reported 89 new cases of the coronavirus, taking the infection count to 5,99,846, according to a medical bulletin. Amritsar reported 19 new COVID-19 cases, followed by 12 in Kapurthala and 10 in Mohali.

Source: Mint August 14, 2021 07:40 UTC