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Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro begins testing passengers coming from India

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On June 1, the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) and the Rio de Janeiro State Health Secretariat began monitoring, at the city's airports, arriving passengers who have traveled through India.

The goal is to prevent the spread of the Indian variant of the novel coronavirus in the state, after confirmation of a man who traveled to that country and entered Rio infected with the new strain.

The monitoring will involve 24-hour surveillance and antigen tests to detect Covid-19 in passengers arriving at Tom Jobim/Galeão and Santos Dumont International Airports who have . . .

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