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Kolkata: Four senior citizens set to travel to Port Blair on Monday for a holiday of a lifetime after an unprecedented year of heartache and misery brought about by the pandemic were left dismayed and crestfallen after the airline refused them boarding as their Covid tests had expired by a few hours.
“We weren’t aware that Covid tests are required to travel to Andaman and had got it done voluntarily just to be on the safe side. Since the flight was in the early hours of Monday, we got the test done at noon on Friday to be certain we would get the report by Saturday. But at the airport, we were informed that Covid test was required within 48 hours prior to boarding and our tests had crossed the time limit,” recounted Manjira…
“We weren’t aware that Covid tests are required to travel to Andaman and had got it done voluntarily just to be on the safe side. Since the flight was in the early hours of Monday, we got the test done at noon on Friday to be certain we would get the report by Saturday. But at the airport, we were informed that Covid test was required within 48 hours prior to boarding and our tests had crossed the time limit,” recounted Manjira…
