Flyers to Maharashtra will no longer need a unfavorable RT-PCR test report at the airport, offered they have completed each doses of the vaccine, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation announced today. However, the passengers will have to have to carry documentary proof of each vaccination doses although travelling to the state.
Maharashtra bore the brunt of Covid-19 infections for the duration of each the very first and second wave of the pandemic, reporting record situations in the nation. However, the circumstance has now enhanced adequate for the state to lift the mandatory unfavorable test requirement for flyers. The state government had initially imposed restrictions on domestic passengers on May 12, creating unfavorable RT-PCR test, performed no more than 48 hours prior to travel, mandatory for travellers arriving by road, rail, and air.
These restrictions had been issued mainly for passengers from Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala, Rajasthan, and Goa — the states that also recorded drastically higher levels of infections for the duration of the second wave. However, the guidelines had been later implemented for passengers arriving from all more than the nation. The choice to lift the restrictions follows equivalent moves by Punjab, Rajasthan, and Odisha.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope stated passengers who have taken each doses of the vaccine would be permitted to land at any of the state’s airports without the need of needing a unfavorable RT-PCR test. However, they must carry proof of taking each vaccine doses. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had on Tuesday written to the state government, urging it to lift the mandatory rule of displaying a unfavorable RT-PCR report for totally vaccinated travellers to Mumbai.
While the Covid-19 circumstance has enhanced in Maharashtra, with the active caseload dropping drastically, it is nevertheless not out of the woods. On Wednesday, the Sangli district announced a six-day lockdown amid a sudden spurt in the active caseload, registering amongst 1,000 and 2,000 fresh situations a day.