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Kuwait City, 30th November 2021:
Omicron COVID-19 India issues revised guidelines for Arrivals, iiQ8 news
COVID-19 Omicron variant: #India issues revised guidelines for international arrivals
The revised guidelines will be effective from 1st December 2021.
OMICRON VARIANT: INDIA ISSUES REVISED GUIDELINES FOR INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS The revised guidelines will be effective from December 1/2021
New Delhi: Amid the rising concern for new coronavirus variant Omicron, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday issued new guidelines for international travellers arriving in India, effective December 1.
- The guidelines require passengers to submit the self-declaration form on the online Air Suvidha Portal before the scheduled travel and to submit the last 14 days travel details.
- The guidelines also mandated the uploading of negative RT-PCR test reports on the Air Suvidha portal before the journey. The test should have been conducted within 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey.
- As per health ministry’s guidelines, travellers from ‘countries at-risk’ will need to take the COVID-19 test post-arrival and wait for results at the airport.
- If tested negative they will follow, home quarantine for seven days. They will have to take a re-test on eight-day and if negative, further self-monitor for the next seven days.
- A sub-section (5 per cent of the total flight passengers) shall undergo post-arrival testing at random at the airport on the arrival.
- According to the ministry, the ‘countries at risk’ include countries in Europe including the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong, Israel.
- The existing guidelines have been revised in view of reporting of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 (0.1.1.529; named Omicron) which has now been classified as a Variant of Concern by the World Health Organization.
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