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DGCA, the aviation regulator said, on Tuesday, pilots and cabin crew members will not fly in an aircraft for 48 hours after being vaccinated against coronavirus.
“If there are no symptoms after 48 hours, the aircrew is fit to resume ‘unrestricted’ flying duties,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.
Aircrew will be monitored for 30 minutes after taking the shot at the COVID-19 vaccination centre itself for any anaphylactic and idiosyncratic reaction, it said.
“Aircrew will be ‘medically unfit for flying’ for 48 hours after vaccination,” the DGCA said.
It also said if the medical unfitness period post-COVID-19 exhibition is more than 14 days, then a ‘special medication examination’ will be required to ascertain fitness for flying.