Children below 10 years exempted from COVID test
Guwahati: Assam government has exempted the mandatory COVID-19 testing for children below the age of 10 years entering the state with fully vaccinated parents.
A notification issued by the Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare department, Anurag Geol stated that children aged below 10 years along with double vaccinated guardians coming to Assam are exempted from the compulsory COVID-19 testing. However, voluntary paid testing for such children will be facilitated is the parents so desire.
The notification added that people with single-dose or not vaccinated at all or are symptomatic even after receiving both the doses have to go under the RTPCR testing at their own cost.
It may be mentioned that the fully vaccinated people were already exempted from the COVID-19 testing, as mentioned in a notification issued earlier.