<p>With 90 per cent of Goa's 48 active COVID-19 cases originating from persons with travel history from Maharashtra, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said that his government is considering to formulate a separate SOP for inter-state passengers arriving from across the border-state.</p>.<p>"We have already informed the Civil Aviation Ministry and the Railway Ministry. If Goa has any to fear, it is from Maharashtra. Therefore, we are thinking about drafting a separate SOP for Maharashtra, after discussing with everyone concerned," Sawant told reporters here.</p>.<p>The Chief Minister also said that he has had sounded out the central government about the issue. "We are thinking separately about a separate SOP for Maharashtra, because most of our cases, 90 per cent of the patients who are positive (in Goa) are from Maharashtra. We could issue a separate SOP," Sawant said.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has repeatedly said, that all of the active COVID-19 cases in the state are "imported" and insisted that there is no community transmission in the coastal state.</p>.<p>A large chunk of the persons who have tested positive in Goa are passengers of the Delhi-Goa Rajdhani Express, most of whom have boarded the train in a Mumbai railway station.</p>
<p>With 90 per cent of Goa's 48 active COVID-19 cases originating from persons with travel history from Maharashtra, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said that his government is considering to formulate a separate SOP for inter-state passengers arriving from across the border-state.</p>.<p>"We have already informed the Civil Aviation Ministry and the Railway Ministry. If Goa has any to fear, it is from Maharashtra. Therefore, we are thinking about drafting a separate SOP for Maharashtra, after discussing with everyone concerned," Sawant told reporters here.</p>.<p>The Chief Minister also said that he has had sounded out the central government about the issue. "We are thinking separately about a separate SOP for Maharashtra, because most of our cases, 90 per cent of the patients who are positive (in Goa) are from Maharashtra. We could issue a separate SOP," Sawant said.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has repeatedly said, that all of the active COVID-19 cases in the state are "imported" and insisted that there is no community transmission in the coastal state.</p>.<p>A large chunk of the persons who have tested positive in Goa are passengers of the Delhi-Goa Rajdhani Express, most of whom have boarded the train in a Mumbai railway station.</p>
