Medical certificate not required; The screening will take place at the travel point.

Mumbai In a relief to the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers stranded in Maharashtra, anxiously awaiting repatriation to their respective states, the Maharashtra The government has clarified that it will not be necessary to attach a medical certificate to the registration form required to facilitate travel.

In a order signed by the Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, Ajoy Mehta, on May 7, the government amended an earlier order requiring migrant workers to present a certificate of physical fitness from a registered doctor along with the registration form, to be considered for repatriation

The new order states that migrants / stranded people who wish to travel to the state of origin must be checked at the time of the start of the trip by using a digital thermometer symptomatic examination.

Simplified means that, after approval after registration, migrants do not need to run to obtain a medical certificate and can simply walk to the point of travel (railway stations or bus terminal, as the case may be) and be examined by a digital thermometer before starting your journey.

The evaluation will be carried out free of charge by the doctors of the governmental / municipal corporations hiring the services of Practicing physicians by municipal corporations, says the order.

The government’s decision is believed to have been triggered by news of the exorbitant costs charged to migrants for issuing medical certificates by doctors in various parts of the state. In addition, factors such as asymptomatic individuals who developed the infection during the incubation period between the medical examination and travel approval were also taken into account.

A unique list of all passengers indicating that they have been screened and found to show none Influenza as a disease (ILI) will be issued by the medical person in charge. “There will be no need for individual certificates and a certification of the passenger manifest will suffice,” the order states.

Currently, there are more than 4.35 lakh migrant workers in the state who have been given shelter, food and shelter in 4,738 camps in various locations.