New Delhi: The Union health ministry on Sunday issued a set of revised guidelines for international arrivals wherein passengers flying to India from August 8 can skip institutional quarantine if they submit COVID-19 negative test reports.
According to the guidelines, this test should have been conducted within 96 hours prior to undertaking the journey.
“The travellers can also seek exemption from institutional quarantine by submitting a negative RT-PCR test report on arrival. This test should have been conducted within 96 hours prior to undertaking the journey. The test report should be uploaded on the portal www.newdelhiairport.in for consideration,” the guidelines stated. As of now, all international passengers have to undergo mandatory seven days institutional quarantine at their own cost, followed by seven days isolation at home.
As per the revised guidelines, from August 8 onwards, if a passenger gets exemption on the basis of COVID-negative test result as mentioned above, he or she will need to undergo home quarantine for 14 days.
“Only for compelling reasons/cases of human distress such as pregnancy, death in family, serious illness and parent(s) with children of the age of 10 years or below, home quarantine may be permitted for 14 days,” the ministry said.
“If they wish to seek such exemption, they shall apply on the online portal at least 72 hours before boarding. The decision taken by the government as communicated on the portal will be final,” it said. (PTI)
