Last Updated: February 09, 2023, 20:15 IST
The rules were for international travellers coming from or via China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Japan. (Image: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas)
As per the revised norms, the government has dropped the requirement of pre-departure Covid-19 tests and its upload on ‘Air Suvidha’ portal
The Centre on Thursday revised its guidelines for foreign flyers in the wake of dipping Covid-19 cases. As per the revised norms, the government has dropped the mandatory requirement of pre-departure Covid-19 tests and its upload on ‘Air Suvidha’ portal. The tests needed to be conducted within 72 hours of undertaking the journey to India.
The rules, which were introduced as part of India’s efforts to ramp up anti-Covid measures, were for international travellers coming from or via China, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Republic of Korea, Thailand and Japan. These were put into effect last December when Covid-19 cases shot up in China and other countries.
The Air Suvidha portal was launched in August 2020 through which international passengers had to submit details of their journey, Covid vaccination and testing status.
Meanwhile, India logged 109 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases declined to 1,781, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The death toll due to the virus stands at 5,30,748 with one death reported by Uttar Pradesh and one reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,83,748). The daily positivity was recorded at 0.08 per cent, while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.08 per cent. The active cases now comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate increased to 98.81 per cent, the ministry said.
(With PTI inputs)
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