Assam has reduced the quarantine period of passengers coming to the state from 10 days to 24 hours amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.
Sarma said that passengers coming into Assam will undergo RT-PCR tests and will now be given test results within 24 hours.
The quarantine period has been reduced to 24 hours from 10 days.
"Anyone who has recovered from COVI-19 and is coming to the state (Assam) will not be required to undergo quarantine or testing on arrival," Sarma said.
Sarma further informed that there has been a comparative change in the COVID-19 positivity rate of cases in Assam.
"In the month of September, the positivity rate has either gone down or flattened as compared to the month of August. We have done 40,000 tests in August but now, it has been reduced to 30,000 tests. But, we need to check the cause whether it is due to the low number of testing or actually the cases have come down," he said.
There will be massive testing in Assam from September 28 to September 30, he added.
India's COVID-19 case tally crossed the 58-lakh mark with a spike of 86,052 new cases and 1,141 deaths in last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
As per the Ministry, the total case tally in the country stands at 58,18,571 including 9,70,116 active cases, 47,56,165 cured/discharged/migrated and 92,290 deaths.
Active COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra were at 2,75,404, Karnataka 95,568, Andhra Pradesh 69,353, Uttar Pradesh 61,300 and Tamil Nadu 46,405.
(With ANI inputs)