COVID-19 test mandatory for tourists visiting Nainital, Mussoorie: Uttarakhand HC

The order to resume testing of tourists comes ahead of Christmas and New Year holidays when large inflow of tourists is expected.

Published: 11th December 2020 05:55 PM  |   Last Updated: 11th December 2020 05:55 PM   |  A+A A-

A view of Nainital lake

A view of Nainital lake (photo| Special Arrangement)

By PTI

NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered mandatory COVID-19 test of tourists visiting Nainital and Mussoorie.

In an order dated December 9, Acting Chief Justice Ravi Kumar Malimath and Justice Ravindra Maithani of the high court said tourists visiting the two popular tourist towns be tested for coronavirus at the time of entry.

The order to resume testing of tourists comes ahead of Christmas and New Year holidays when large inflow of tourists is expected in Nainital and Mussoorie.

COVID-19 cases have risen in Uttarakhand after the compulsory requirement for tourists to produce a negative RT-PCR report while entering the state was removed in September to boost tourism.

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