Negative RT-PCR report Mandatory for all Incoming Passengers to Andaman Islands

Given the current COVID-19 situation in the country, Port Blair has taken some strict measures to cap the rising number of the Omicron variant in the region. The Andaman and Nicobar Administration has announced plans to make negative RT-PCR test reports mandatory for all incoming air passengers. So from now on, travellers arriving in the Union Territory will have to carry their negative COVID-19 test report in order to enter the region.

An official order by the Health and Civil Aviation Secretary of the administration read that all passengers (two years and above), including partially or fully vaccinated, will have to show a negative PCR test report not older than 48 hours before departure.

The order stated, “In view of the recent increase in the number of Covid-19 cases including the detection of Omicron variant cases in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in order to effectively manage the challenge arising out of the same, the authorities have taken this decision in the interest of public health”.

Not only this, the administration has asked all airlines to make sure that the COVID-19 protocols are being followed by all. Also, passengers who have travelled to any foreign nation in the last 30 days (unvaccinated and partially vaccinated passengers) will have to take the RT-PCR test on arrival at the Port Blair’s Veer Savarkar International Airport, which is mandatory.

Till the reports come, travellers will have to isolate themselves at the airport facility. If someone tests positive for the virus, quarantine protocol will be followed for them.