Govt revises travel guidelines for International passengers. Read the new guidelines here

India, January 7: Amid huge Omicron driven Covid surge in India, the Centre on Friday revised the guidelines for International arrivals, which will come into effect from 11 January until further notice.

Before the arrival to India, All travellers will need to upload a negative RT-PCR report on Suvidha Portal, which must be conducted 72 hrs prior to undertaking the journey & the travellers are required to submit complete factual information in self declaration form on the online Air Suvidha portal before the scheduled travel, including last 14 days travel details.

Moreover, on the Arrival to India, all passengers will have to go for 7-days mandatory home quarantine & will have to undergo an RT- PCR test on the eighth day of their arrival in India, which they will have to upload on the Air Suvidha Portal which will be monitored by state & UT governments, moreover, the passengers will be required to self-monitor their health for next seven days after coming out of home quarantine.

In case the test comes out to be positive, they will be immediately isolated and will be taken to a medical facility as per health protocol. If tested positive, their contacts will be identified and managed as per laid down protocol & also their samples will be sent for genome sequencing. This applies to both at risk as well as non at risk countries.

If travellers under home quarantine or self-health monitoring develop signs and symptoms signaling Covid or if they test positive on re-testing, they will immediately self-isolate and report to their nearest health facility.

For passengers arriving from “at-risk” nations, the rules remain the same: they must undergo a test and wait for the results before departing or boarding a connecting flight.

The new guidelines were announced on Friday when India reported 1,17,100 new cases of Covid – a 28 per cent jump in 24 hours.