Maharashtra rolls back stringent travel curbs in wake of Omicron | India News – Times of India
MUMBAI: A day after the Centre raised objections to stringent air travel curbs announced by the state, Maharashtra government has rolled back most restrictions including the RT-PCR negative report mandated for inter-state domestic flyers, irrespective of their vaccination status.
Now, inter-state domestic travellers who are fully vaccinated will not require an RTPCR report. But those who have taken a single dose or remain unvaccinated will have to produce a negative RT-PCR report with a validity of 72 hours. And instead of the mandatory seven-day institutional quarantine being applicable to passengers from the 12 ‘at risk’ countries, the state has whittled down the list to travellers from three – South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe .
“Except for the seven-day institutional quarantine for passengers from the high risk countries, all other guidelines are now in line with the Centre’s norms,” said an official.
Now, inter-state domestic travellers who are fully vaccinated will not require an RTPCR report. But those who have taken a single dose or remain unvaccinated will have to produce a negative RT-PCR report with a validity of 72 hours. And instead of the mandatory seven-day institutional quarantine being applicable to passengers from the 12 ‘at risk’ countries, the state has whittled down the list to travellers from three – South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe .
“Except for the seven-day institutional quarantine for passengers from the high risk countries, all other guidelines are now in line with the Centre’s norms,” said an official.
