New Delhi: The Central government is mulling over a mechanism to enable hassle-free domestic air travel and to do away with the mandatory RT-PCR report for those passengers who have received both jabs of a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n
\u201cA joint team from several ministries and stakeholders, including the Health Department, are in discussion to take a final decision on allowing travelling by air without an RT-PCR test for those who have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine,\u201d Minister of Civil Aviation (MoCA) Hardeep Singh Puri told.<\/p>\n
He added that this decision will not be taken alone by the MoCA, nodal agencies, including health experts who are working with the government will also contribute towards making a decision in the interests of passengers.<\/p>\n
At present, domestic passengers are mandatorily asked to produce negative RT-PCR report before travelling to some states, where active COVID-19 cases are still high.<\/p>\n
\u201cHealth is a state subject, and to ask passengers for a negative RT-PCR report before they enter a state is solely the right of that particular state,\u201d Puri added.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the concept of \u2018vaccine passport\u2019 for passengers travelling internationally is also being contemplated, to which India has raised objections and termed it as a \u2018discriminatory idea\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cExpressed India\u2019s concern and strong opposition to \u2018Vaccine Passport\u2019 at this juncture of the pandemic. With vaccine coverage as a percentage of population in developing countries is still low compared to developed countries, such an initiative could prove to be highly discriminatory,\u201d Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan told at the meeting of G7 countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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