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Guwahati, Dec 5 (PTI) The Assam government on Sunday issued a new SOP, including mandatory RT-PCR test on arrival, for international travellers, amid rising number of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country.
The fresh standard operating procedure made 7-day home quarantine compulsory for those who test negative for the coronavirus infection.
The new SOP has been formulated on the basis of the protocol for international travellers prepared by the Centre, state Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said in a statement.
India reported 17 more cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Sunday - nine in Rajasthan capital Jaipur, seven in Maharashtra"s Pune district and a 37-year-old fully vaccinated man who arrived in Delhi from Tanzania - taking the tally to 21 in the country.
Most of those who tested positive either recently arrived from African countries or were in contact with such people.
With this, four states and the national capital have now reported cases of the potentially more contagious variant which has sparked a fresh alert across the world.