THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday urged the Centre to ensure that the NRIs who are returning to the country undergo COVID-19 tests before emplaning for their respective states.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vijayan highlighted thestate's concern on the matter. Speaking to reporters, the chief minister said it was"dangerous" to bring back the stranded Non-Resident Keralites (NRK)s in various countries to the state without conducting any tests for COVID-19.
The state was informed that the expatriates will not be medically examined before boarding the flight from other countries. In each flight at least 200 passengers are likely to come and in case there are one or two infected people among
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