Kolkata: Lack of knowledge about Covid test norms when flying can thwart a travel plan.
A family of seven in Kolkata headed to their first vacation in three years of studying it in a difficult way on Friday morning when they were not allowed to ride to Andaman-bound flight when their two-year-old child – and three months had not undergone a covid test – The mandatory norm to fly to Port Blair.
According to Covid regulations today to enter the Andaman and the Niccobar Islands, one must bring evidence of a double dose vaccination or negative RT-PCR certificate.
Because no child is vaccinated in India, all more than two tourists are needed to undergo RT-PCR tests to fly.
The rules are the same to fly to Kolkata, but Bengal has additional specifications for passengers traveling from Pune, Mumbai and Chennai.
They were asked to undergo a RT-PCR test even if fully vaccinated.
“Our whole family is vaccinated except for three-year-old children.
We don’t know he needs a RT-PCR test.
Moreover, how can we force babies to undergo RT-PCR tests? It’s very uncomfortable and must be painful for children.
This airline doesn’t listen Our reason and we have to miss flights, suffer a loss worth several thousand, “said Abhishek Jaiswal, a businessman from the new city.
Jaiswal flew to Port Blair with his wife, son, father and three sisters.
Because of the morning failure at Kolkata Airport, Jaiswal had to send his father and sister to Andaman while he and his wife remained back with their son.
“We booked back three more tickets for Saturday with a premium level, got a covid test for our child and then ride a flight,” Jaiswal said.
The travel trading community in Kolkata, as well as in other countries, has been attractive to the state government to calm RT-PCR requirements must be at least for children under 12 days accompanying their parents because it proved to be a major detonation in Indonesia vacation planning and taking flight trips.
“The entire tourism industry passes very challenging phases.
Businesses have just started booming, but RT-PCR requirements for children are great worries because many parents are not comfortable making them do it.
The government must override the test requirements for children under 12 Who does not have covid symptoms, “said Anil Punjabi, travel agent (east) of the Indian Federation.