Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District Deputy Commissioner Dr K V Rajendra has said that RT-PCR negative reports of not older than 72 hours are mandatory for everyone entering the district from Kerala.

Rapid Antigen Test Report will not be considered.

In an emergency video conference held with regard to special surveillance measures for those arriving from other states, he said students coming from other states must be subject to mandatory screening and should submit their Covid negative reports once in 15 days.

People must voluntarily seek medical assistance if they notice any Covid symptoms like fever, cold, cough, throat pain and breathing problem.

He said that a Task Force has been formed at the Gram Panchayat level to keep an eye on people having Covid symptoms.