During
Covid-19 situation, different state governments have laid out their respective
protocols for passengers arriving at their airports. Before you travel, make
sure to read and understand the complete guidelines of the city/state you are
travelling to and comply with the same so as to ease your travel plans.
Here,
Goa State Government Air Travel Guidelines:
Health Screening:
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- Thermal
screening shall be done for all passengers
- COVID
test shall be done for all symptomatic passengers.
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Quarantine:
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- Institutional
Quarantine for symptomatic passengers till test result is available
- All
passengers shall be required to go for 14 days of Home Quarantine or can opt
for paid Institutional Quarantine of 14 days
Exception to Home Quarantine:
- Passengers
shall be exempted from Home Quarantine in below cases:
- Passenger
is able to produce a COVID-19 negative certificate issued by ICMR recognized
lab, not older than 48hours prior to the arrival in GOA
- Passenger
opts for swab test upon arrivals at a cost of Rs. 2000 and agrees to remain
in paid Institutional/Home Quarantine till the time test result is available.
Guidelines for Tourist:
- Pre
Booking of Accommodation (Hotels Registered with Department of tourism) is
mandatory. Proof of pre-booking for entire duration of stay will be checked
at the entry points.
- All
tourists will have to undergo basic screening at the entry point. Any tourist
exhibiting sickness or COVID-19 related symptoms upon arrival will be
subjected to a COVID 19 test at designated testing centers/hospitals at the
tourist’s cost.
- The
Authorities will check (a) if the booking was made with any registered
accommodation unit with department of tourism and is permitted to operate and
(b) validity of booking for entire duration of stay.
Subsequently the tourist will be subjected to the
following safety protocols:
- In case
the tourist is carrying a COVID-19 Negative Certificate, they will be allowed
to move to booked accommodations.
- In case a
tourist is not carrying a valid COVID-19 Negative Certificate, then he/she
will be directed to undergo testing for COVID-19 at designated testing
centers/hospitals.
- Thereafter,
they will have to go into self-isolation till the results are received. The
isolation facilities will be provided by the accommodation units themselves,
where the tourist made a pre-booking. Once results are received, only and if
found COVID-19 Negative, the tourist shall be allowed to travel outside the
isolation facility. In case any tourist is found COVID-19 positive, the
accommodation unit will act as per the extant protocol issued by the state
health department. All costs for COVID 19 test including the stay at the
isolation /quarantine facilities shall be borne by the tourists themselves.
- If the
tourist intends to change their original booking during their period of stay
in Goa. Such changes are allowed only with permitted accommodation units by
department of tourism. The tourist needs to show the proof of re-booking, if
any, to the Rapid Response leader of the accommodation unit before they can
shift from original accommodation.
- Tourist
shall be required to fill out a self declaration form in the format provided
at the accommodation unit for the purpose of contact tracing ( if necessary
).
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Passenger Obligation:
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- All
passengers must download Aarogya Setu App
- Asymptomatic
Passenger to choose one of the following option:
1)
Produce a COVID-19 negative certificate issued by ICMR recognized lab not
more than 48hours prior to the arrival in GOA.
2)
Mandatory 14days home quarantine. If a person does not have a proper
arrangement at his/her place of residence, he/she can opt for a paid
institutional quarantine of 14days.
3)
Opt for giving swab and getting tested, at the cost of Rs. 2000 and be in
paid institutional quarantine till the test results come.
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Note: State-regulations are subject to change, please
also visit the state government website for further details.
Source: Ministry of Civil Aviation & IndiGo
Picture Source: Google
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