Jaipur, May 13 (IANS): Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Wednesday said that each person coming to Rajasthan from other states should get himself quarantined for 14 days adding that coming days shall be crucial for the state as around 19 lakh migrants shall travel to and from the state.

Quarantine period is not a penalty but a security. Carelessness on this part shall create challenges for both society and state, he said.

Sharma further said that next few days shall be very crucial for Rajasthan as around 19 lakh migrants will travel to and from from state. While 6.5 lakh people will go out of the state, the remaining have made their registrations to enter the state. The government and medical department have set priorities to provide quarantine facilities at the district level.

All those who are coming to the state from outside are welcome here however they should quarantine themselves before visiting the village and colony lanes, as those who are staying under lockdown for last 50 days need to be saved from virus infection, he said further.

Sharma appealed to the public representatives to ensure that those coming from outside go for home or institutional quarantine.

He further said, "The state government has collected 1.85 lakh samples and 12,000 samples are being collected each day for testing. We aim to take this figure to 25,000 a day soon. In Rajasthan, those turning negative from positive comprise over 60 per cent and the death rate due to corona is less than the average corona death rate in the country."