India revises guidelines for passengers coming from abroad

The Indian government on Friday decided to revise international travel guidelines for which includes a mandatory 7-day quarantine.

The revised guidelines will come into force from January 11 onwards. Passengers from ‘at-risk’ countries shall be informed by the airlines that they would undergo post-arrival testing, quarantine if tested negative, stringent isolation protocols if tested positive.

Passengers traveling from specified countries at risk must submit a sample for post-arrival Covid test at the point of arrival which will be self-paid in nature. These passengers will be required to wait for their test results at the airport prior to leaving or boarding a connecting flight.

Passengers will be home quarantined for seven days if they test negative they will follow and will take up an RT-PCR test on the eighth day, results of which they need to upload on the Air Suvidha portal (to be monitored by the respective States/UTs). If the test comes out to be negative, they will further self-monitor their health for the next 7 days.

All travellers need to submit complete and factual information in a self-declaration form on the online Air Suvidha portal before the scheduled travel, including the details of travel undertaken in the last 14 days. The passengers need to upload a negative test report which was conducted within 72 hours prior to the journey.

Countries ‘At-Risk’

1. European countries, including the UK
2. South Africa
3. Brazil
4. Botswana
5. China
6. Ghana
7. Mauritius
8. New Zealand
9. Tanzania
10. Zimbabwe
11. Hong Kong and
12. Israel