Andaman & Nicobar Travel Guidelines

Last updated - 07th July 2021 / As of now no new update till date

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• Covid -ve Certificate Mandatory

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• Epass is not required.

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• Health Screening:
• For All Passengers - Mandatory RTPCR Test - of not more than 48 hrs before departure.
• Also, over & above the mandatory RTPCR, airport will conduct random Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) on all the incoming passengers
• 7 Days quarantine for all the people coming from other states.Lock Down untill further notice
• In addition to being in possession of negative RT-PCR report, all arriving passengers shall mandatorily undergo RAT test upon arrival at designated testing centers located within 2Kms of the airport.

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• Domestic Quarantine:
• Travellers from other states are allowed to travel in Andaman
• The tourists need to carry COVID-19 negative report from mainland based ICMR approved lab using Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR). However, the sample for RTPCR test should have been taken within 48 hours prior to starting the journey from the origin station. (For e.g. if the tourist takes a ight from Delhi at 0600 hrs. on 1st January 2021, the sample for RTPCR test should have been taken not before 0600 hrs. on 30th December, 2020).
• No institutional or home quarantine is required to be observed if the tourist has tested negative in RTPCR test at ICMR approved lab.
• If the tourist tests positive during stay in the Islands, he/she will need to undergo institutional isolation as per existing health protocols. The cost of such isolation for govt. facility will be paid by tourist is xed by the administration from time to time.
• If the patient wants to stay at hotels, he/she can stay in the Hotels if all the conditions below are met:
  • Patients are not symptomatic and not more than 60 years old.
  • Request/undertaking is made by patient in writing.
  • If allowed by doctors.
• Hotels will make necessary arrangement to designate a part of their rooms for institutional isolation for this purpose.

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• International:
• International Air passengers are permitted as per MHA order.

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• Passenger obligation:
• COVID-19 Negative Certificate is mandatory while travelling. 
• All incoming passengers arriving at VSI Airport from 26th December,2020 onwards, shall have to mandatorily carry RT-PCR negative test report issued from a ICMR recognized lab, subject to condition that the RT-PCR test should have been taken within 48 hours prior to commencement of journey.
• All passengers must download Aarogya Setu App.
• Passenger is required to undergo COVID-19 Test at the Airport as directed by the Health Authorities
• Random Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) to be conducted on the incoming passengers at the Airport itself with effect from 07/04/2021.

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• Operating Status:
• Few Hotel in Port Blair are Open
• sightseeing points are closed till further notice.
• Makruzz has temporarily suspended its operation till further notice.