Airline crew testing positive for Covid not to be retested for 3 months
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | December 16, 2020 IST
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New Delhi, Dec 16: The Civil Aviation Ministry has clarified that any airline crew member who has tested positive for Covid-19 once should not be retested for at least a period of three months.In a circular, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said that the matter of RT-PCR testing of airline crew was taken up with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The ICMR, based on the opinion of experts, has clarified that any crew member who has tested positive once need not be retested for three months.However, crew members with comorbidities may be retested before three months in case they become symptomatic.It has also been clarified that all asymptomatic crew members who have tested positive once should be observed for 10 days. If they remain asymptomatic, they can be called back to work after 10 days' isolation without a repeat test.The airlines have been asked to take appropriate action on the new guidelines for RT-PCR test of crew members. The circular has been issued to all the airlines.In an earlier letter, the pilots had asked the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to keep in abeyance the order on mandatory breath alcohol testing for 100 per cent crew members operating international flights.In a letter to the DGCA, the pilots had said that the operative part of the subject order on 100 per cent testing of crew operating international flights be placed in abeyance till a failsafe disinfection protocol is put in place."While endorsing the spirit of enforcing Aircraft Rule 24, it is suggested that the operative part of the subject order on 100 per cent testing of crew operating international flights is placed in abeyance till a failsafe disinfection protocol is in place," the pilots had told the DGCA.It was also suggested that a comprehensive safety risk analysis be carried out. This would go a long way in increasing the confidence of all the stakeholders, including the crew members, the pilots had said. (IANS)
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