Travellers who have received both shots of a COVID-19 vaccine will no longer need to carry a negative RT-PCR test report while flying to Mumbai”, Maharashtra, reports The Quint.

“As the COVID-19 caseload in the country showed a downward trend, Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai Iqbal Singh Chahal on Tuesday, 13 July, issued an order directing that fully vaccinated people would be allowed to enter the city without needing to prove a negative COVID-19 diagnosis.”

In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Secretary, Chahal had noted that vaccination drives had been prompted up across the country and that vaccinated citizens have demanded the removal of the RY-PCR report requirement from the travel guidelines.