New Delhi: The Centre on Friday issued fresh guidelines for the international passengers amid the exponential rise of Omicron cases. Seven day quarantine has been made mandatory for them. The new guidelines will come into effect from January 11.
The list of ‘at-risk’ countries has also been expanded. The list now includes all European countries including the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Ghana, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Hong Kong, Israel, Congo, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia and Zambia.
Here is the complete guideline:-
1. All travellers should submit complete and factual information in self-declaration form on the online Air Suvidha portal (https://www.newdelhiairport.in/airsuvidha/apho-registration) before the scheduled travel, including last 14 days travel details.
2. Travellers should upload a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report. The test should have been conducted within 72 hrs prior to undertaking the journey.
3. . Each passenger shall also submit a declaration with respect to the authenticity of the report and will be liable for criminal prosecution, if found otherwise.
4. They should also give an undertaking on the portal or otherwise to the ministry of civil aviation, through airlines concerned before they are allowed to undertake the journey that they would abide by the decision of the appropriate government authority to undergo home/institutional quarantine/ self-health monitoring, as warranted.
5. All travellers who need to undertake testing on arrival, should preferably pre-book the test online on Air Suvidha Portal, to facilitate timely testing.
6. A sub-section (2% of the total flight passengers) shall undergo post-arrival testing at random at the airport on arrival. These 2% of such travellers in each flight shall be identified by the concerned airlines (preferably from different countries).
7. All travellers (including those 2% who were selected for random testing on arrival and were found negative) will undergo home quarantine for 7 days and shall undertake an RT-PCR test on the 8th day of arrival in India.
8. Travelers shall also be required to upload results of repeat RT-PCR test for COVID-19 done on 8th day on theAir Suvidha portal (to be monitored by the respective States/UTs). If negative, they will further self-monitor their health for thenext 7 days.
9. However, if such travellers are tested positive, their samples should be further sent for genomic testing at INSACOG laboratory network.
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