All Passengers Arriving at Port Blair from 26th Dec. 2020 to Carry COVID-19 Negative RT-PCR Report
Port Blair, Dec. 23: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India has issued detailed Standard Operating Procedure dated 22/12.2020 for Surveillance and Response to the new variant of SARS-COV-2 virus detected in the United Kingdom. In pursuance of the above SOP and in order to effectively tackle the challenge arising from the new variant of COVID-19, the Andaman & Nicobar Administration has decided that:
All incoming passengers arriving at VSI Airport from 26th Dec. 2020 onwards shall have to mandatorily carry RT-PCR negative test report issued from a ICMR recognized lab, subject to condition that the RT-PCR test should have been taken within 48 hours prior to commencement of journey.
All airlines have been asked to ensure strict compliance of the instructions, said an order from the Commr-cum-Secretary (CA/Health), A&N Administration dated 23rd Dec. 2020.