July 16, 2021: Amid the rising number of COVID cases in Assam, the government has  issued a new notification stating that even fully vaccinated passengers (who have got both doses of COVID vaccine) travelling to Assam would now have to mandatorily undergo COVID tests on their arrival at the Guwahati airport and railway stations across Assam.

“COVID positivity is observed even in some of the person(s) who have received two doses of vaccination in a few instances. Therefore, this earlier office order dated 25th June, 2021, exempting people who have been vaccinated with two doses of COVID vaccine from mandatory testing on arrival at airports or railways station in Assam, is hereby withdrawn with immediate effect,” the notification said.

Assam reported 1,992 new cases on July 15 and the total number of active cases in the state stands at 19,120. Twenty-seven (27) people died in the last 24 hours due to COVID. The state’s positivity rate stands at 1.65%.

Among the 34 districts, Kamrup Metro reported the maximum number of cases at 263 followed by Golaghat with 157 cases, Lakhimpur reported 135 cases and Dibrugarh reported 125 cases on July 15.