NEW DELHI: Passengers coming to India from or via Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and China will from 11am this Monday neither require a negative report from a pre-departure Covid test, nor need to upload a self-health declaration on the “air suvidha” portal.
But the 2% random testing on arrival in India — irrespective of country of origin — will continue.
The Union health ministry revised rules for people coming from or via these places after these six places saw a “sustained and significant decline in trajectory of Covid cases” in the last four weeks. “Further, as per World Health Organisation’s latest situational update on Covid, a decline of 89% in the number of newly confirmed cases in the past 28 days has been noted globally as compared to 28 days prior to that. Meanwhile, India has continued to witness a declining trajectory, with less than 100 new cases/day being reported,” said a note Thursday from Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan to his aviation ministry counterpart Rajiv Bansal.
India has been updating the norms for international arrivals based on the pandemic situation.
But the 2% random testing on arrival in India — irrespective of country of origin — will continue.
The Union health ministry revised rules for people coming from or via these places after these six places saw a “sustained and significant decline in trajectory of Covid cases” in the last four weeks. “Further, as per World Health Organisation’s latest situational update on Covid, a decline of 89% in the number of newly confirmed cases in the past 28 days has been noted globally as compared to 28 days prior to that. Meanwhile, India has continued to witness a declining trajectory, with less than 100 new cases/day being reported,” said a note Thursday from Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan to his aviation ministry counterpart Rajiv Bansal.
India has been updating the norms for international arrivals based on the pandemic situation.