India mandates 7-day quarantine for international passengers
Earlier, India on November 30 removed Bangladesh from the list of “at-risk” countries
Passengers wearing protective face masks wait to exit upon arrival at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after India cancelled all flights from the UK over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus disease, in Mumbai, India, December 22, 2020 Reuters
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Publish : 07 Jan 2022, 06:41 PMUpdate : 07 Jan 2022, 06:42 PM
All international passengers coming to India will have to quarantine at home for seven days, the federal government said in its revised guidelines issued on Friday. The new rules will come into effect from January 11.
The government also expanded the list of “at-risk” countries. It now includes the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Ghana, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Hong Kong, Israel, Congo, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia and Zambia.
Earlier, India on November 30 removed Bangladesh from the list.
Travellers from “at-risk” countries will have to submit samples for Covid testing on their arrival in India. According to the new rules, they will be allowed to leave the airport premises only after their test results come in.
Those who test negative will have to quarantine at home for seven days. On the eighth day, they will have to undergo an RT-PCR test.
Samples of those who test positive will be sent for genomic testing. They will be accommodated at an isolation facility. States will then have to begin tracing the contacts of these passengers.
This comes at a time when the country is registering an exponential surge in coronavirus cases, fuelled by the spread of the Omicron variant. On Friday, India reported 1,17,100 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total since the pandemic began in 2020 to 3,52,26,386.
Friday’s figures were 28% higher than Thursday’s count of 90,928 infections. After seven months, the daily caseload has crossed the 1 lakh-mark in the country. On June 6, India reported 1,14,460 cases, when the second wave of the pandemic had started to wane.
India mandates 7-day quarantine for international passengers
Earlier, India on November 30 removed Bangladesh from the list of “at-risk” countries
All international passengers coming to India will have to quarantine at home for seven days, the federal government said in its revised guidelines issued on Friday. The new rules will come into effect from January 11.
The government also expanded the list of “at-risk” countries. It now includes the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Ghana, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Hong Kong, Israel, Congo, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia and Zambia.
Earlier, India on November 30 removed Bangladesh from the list.
Travellers from “at-risk” countries will have to submit samples for Covid testing on their arrival in India. According to the new rules, they will be allowed to leave the airport premises only after their test results come in.
Those who test negative will have to quarantine at home for seven days. On the eighth day, they will have to undergo an RT-PCR test.
Samples of those who test positive will be sent for genomic testing. They will be accommodated at an isolation facility. States will then have to begin tracing the contacts of these passengers.
This comes at a time when the country is registering an exponential surge in coronavirus cases, fuelled by the spread of the Omicron variant. On Friday, India reported 1,17,100 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total since the pandemic began in 2020 to 3,52,26,386.
Friday’s figures were 28% higher than Thursday’s count of 90,928 infections. After seven months, the daily caseload has crossed the 1 lakh-mark in the country. On June 6, India reported 1,14,460 cases, when the second wave of the pandemic had started to wane.
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