Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that testing of all persons entering Goa without a Covid-19 negative certificate would now be made mandatory, doing away with the need for implementing a separate SOP for persons from Maharashtra entering the coastal state.

Chief Minister #PramodSawant (@DrPramodPSawant) said that testing of all persons entering #Goa without a #Covid19 negative certificate would now be made mandatory, doing away with the need for implementing a separate SOP for persons from #Maharashtra entering the coastal state. pic.twitter.com/8fc1JEFPm3

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"We maintain the need for a Covid negative certificate and a compulsory Covid test. The 14-day home quarantine option will be no longer available. Either you bring the negative certificate or have to take the test," Sawant told reporters at a press conference at the state secretariat.