union health ministry revises guidelines: India on high alert for omicron; New notices issued for incoming passengers

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health has issued new guidelines for overseas travel in view of the growing risk of infection with the new type of coronavirus Omicron. The new guidelines of the Union Ministry of Health will come into effect from December 1. Guidelines for international travelers in India have been revised. Before traveling, you will have to upload a negative RT-PCR test report on the Air Facility Portal and submit your last 14 days travel details.

Passengers from countries affected by this new type of Corona Omicron will be tested for Corona upon arrival. Passengers will have to wait for the test results. If the test report is negative, they will be quarantined for 7 days. Corona will have to be tested again on the 8th day and if the report is negative, self-monitoring will have to be done for the next 7 days, according to the newly issued guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health.

High risk countries

1. European countries including Britain
2. South Africa
3. Brazil
4. Bangladesh
5. Bostwana
6. China
7. Mauritius
8. New Zealand
9. Zimbabwe
10. Singapore
11. Hong Kong
12. Israel

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The new guidelines, issued by the Ministry of Health, list the 12 countries as high risk.

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Passengers from countries other than high-risk countries will be allowed out of the airport and will have to monitor themselves for 14 days. The RT-PCR test will be conducted at the airport upon arrival of 5% of the total flight passengers. Airport staff present at the airport can test five percent of the total passengers (any passenger randomly), the new instructions say.