Minimum two days booking required to travel to Uttarakhand: Unlock 4!

The state government late on Saturday announced fresh guidelines under Unlock-4 that further eased the restrictions on the inbound movement of people and tourists coming to Uttarakhand. The guidelines will be effective from Monday.

According to the guidelines issued by chief secretary Om Prakash, tourists coming to Uttarakhand now need to book a minimum stay of only two nights in a hotel or homestay instead of a week as had been mandated earlier. However, they will still have to upload their RT-PCR/antigen-negative report on the Smart City web portal. The report should have been done not more than 96 hours of their arrival in the state.

Besides, hotels have to ensure that the COVID test of their guests has been done. As per the advisory, the hotels can tie-up with private labs to provide testing facilities at their hotel premises on a payment basis. The inbound travelers can also get their antigen tests done at border check posts, airports, and railways stations on a payment basis, the guidelines say.

Further, the guidelines stipulate that all inbound asymptomatic persons need not undergo a quarantine period if coming for a specific purpose for a duration of fewer than seven days. If coming for a period of more than seven days, then they have to self-quarantine for 10 days. Those who have a COVID-negative report issued not more than 96 hours of arrival have been exempted from home quarantine.

“The district administration shall make arrangements for the thermal screening of all inbound persons at border check posts, airports, railway stations and bus stands on district borders. If the person is found symptomatic, then an antigen test shall be conducted by the district administration,” the guidelines state.

News Courtesy: ET