One Dose of Covid Vaccine Mandatory for Tourists Visiting Monuments in Maha’s Aurangabad

Individuals who haven’t taken a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine won’t be allowed entry at historic websites and monuments in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, an official mentioned on Tuesday. District collector Sunil Chavan has handed the orders, which got here into impact on Tuesday, the official mentioned.

The district administration has taken the step after the vaccination figures within the area had been discovered to be low, he mentioned. As per the order, at the least one dose of vaccine is necessary for individuals who want to go to historic websites and monuments. The federal government in addition to non-public workplaces linked to the tourism business are instructed to make sure that their workers is absolutely vaccinated towards coronavirus, it acknowledged.

Vacationers visiting ticketed monuments, museums and locations corresponding to Bibi Ka Maqbara, Aurangabad, Ajanta, Ellora and Pitalkora caves ought to have taken at the least one jab of COVID-19 vaccine, the order mentioned. The federal government well being companies have been directed to undertake vaccination drives and set up vaccination cubicles at locations the place that footfall of vacationers is excessive, the official mentioned. The Maharashtra Tourism Growth Company (MTDC) has been directed to examine if shopkeepers and workers at vacationer areas have taken at the least the primary dose of vaccine, he mentioned.