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Pratap Chakravarty

India to require negative Covid tests from Asian visitors

Healthcare workers take part in an emergency anti-Covid drill at a hospital in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. AP - Ajit Solanki

Healthcare professionals across India have been taking part in anti-Covid drills, and travel rules for several Asian countries including China have been toughened in the wake of Beijing's decision to end the policy of widespread quarantine.

Indian hospitals stocked up on oxygen, beds and medicines as the world logged 11 million new Covid infections last week – eight percent more than the number of cases reported one week earlier.

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