Covid-19: India revises guidelines for international arrivals amid Omicron fears
By Sanjay Maurya
On 28th November 2021, the Union Health Ministry released amended criteria for overseas arrivals in India, which will take effect on December 1st. Before the journey, the amended standards include providing 14 days’ worth of travel data and uploading a negative RT-PCR test report to the Air Suvidha portal. Travelers from ‘at-risk nations’ will be required to take a Covid test after arrival and wait for the results at the airport, according to the Health Ministry’s rules. If they test negative, they will be placed on seven-day home quarantine. On the eighth day, retest, and if negative, continue self-monitoring for the next seven days.
A sub-section (5% of total flight passengers) will attend post-arrival testing at random at the International airport on arrival. Such passengers will be transported to the testing location by the airline or Ministry of Civil Aviation authorities upon arrival, and the Ministry will cover the expense of testing them. According to the Ministry of Health, current rules have been changed in light of the revelation of a new variation of SARS-CoV-2, Omicron (B.1.1.529), which has been identified as a concern by the World Health Organization. The amended Union Health Ministry rules for overseas arrivals in India will take effect from next month December.
Key Points
- The airlines/agencies must offer travelers Do and Don’ts instruction along with their tickets.
- All passengers are encouraged to download the Aarogya Setu app to their smartphones.
- During the flight, the crew must ensure that COVID guidelines are observed at all times.
- If a passenger experiences symptoms of COVID-19 on a flight, he or she will be isolated according to the procedure; nevertheless, if they are tested positive, their samples will be submitted to the INSACOG laboratory network for genetic testing.
The United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Israel are among the high-risk countries, according to the updated recommendations. The statement comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi advised people to be more careful and asked for a proactive approach and a review of measures to ease foreign travel restrictions. Following the Prime Minister’s meeting, the Home Secretary convened an emergency meeting on Sunday at 11.30 a.m.
Dr. VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Dr. Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister, and top officers from the Health, Civil Aviation, and other ministries attended the meeting. According to reports, the committee resolved to evaluate the Standard Operating Procedure for testing and monitoring of arriving international travellers, particularly for those nations classified as “at risk.”
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