For now, Maharashtra is firm on not rolling back travel restrictions that it had imposed on Tuesday, including a mandatory seven-day institutional quarantine for international travelers coming from Omicron-specific “countries at risk” and mandating a negative RT-PCR test report for domestic arrivals irrespective of the vaccination status of the passengers.
However, indicating the possibility of a rethink, official sources said there “might be some changes” on Thursday with revisions to some of the restrictions.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Wednesday wrote to Maharashtra Additional Chief Secretary Dr Pradeep Kumar Vyas stating that four specific guidelines passed by the state for international travellers are in “divergence with the SoPs and guidelines” issued by the Union ministry.
