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Economic Times | 22 Feb, 2021 | 08.39AM IST
Covid Live Updates: New international travel rules applicable from today
All international travellers will have to submit a self-declaration form on Air Suvidha portal before their scheduled travel.
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— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1613961587000New international travel rules to be applicable from today
- All international travellers will have to submit a self-declaration form on Air Suvidha portal before their scheduled travel.
- International passengers will also have to upload a negative Covid-19 RT-PCR report 3.
- The test should have been conducted within 72 hours prior to the journey 4.
- International travellers arriving through seaports/land ports will also have to undergo the same protocol, however, the facility for online registration is not available for such passengers at the moment.
- While boarding all passengers shall be advised to download the Aarogya Setu app on their mobile devices.
- At the time of boarding the flight, only asymptomatic travellers will be allowed to board after thermal screening.Suitable precautionary measures such as environmental sanitation and disinfection shall be ensured at the airports.
- During boarding all possible measures to ensure physical distancing are to be ensured.
- For those who have to take connecting flights, airlines should keep the passengers informed about the need for transit time of a minimum 6-8 hours at the entry airport (in India) for the required testing and other procedures while booking the tickets for connecting flights.
- On Arrival Airlines should identify the international travellers arriving from/transiting through the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa (during past 14 days) and segregate them in-flight or while disembarking to facilitate the authorities to follow the due protocol in respect of these travellers.
- All travellers arriving from/transiting through flights originating in the United Kingdom, Europe or Middle East shall be mandatorily subjected to self-paid confirmatory molecular tests on arrival at the Indian airports concerned (port of entry).
- The state-wise passenger manifest of the flights originating from Europe and Middle East and landing at Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai airports in India for the said period shall be conveyed by the Bureau of Immigration to State Government/Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme.
- International travellers on short stay (of less than 14 days) and who have tested negative and remain symptom free, shall undergo all the procedures as above and shall be permitted to leave India under proper intimation to their District/State health authorities, subject to them fulfilling the requirement of the airlines and destination country.
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- The toll hit 200,000 deaths in September and 300,000 in December.
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- He'll dedicate to the nation important projects of the oil & gas sector in an event organized in Dhemaji, Assam.
- Later, he will inaugurate several railway projects in Hooghly, West Bengal. (ANI)
