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New Delhi, Feb 10: Passengers arriving in India from Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and China will no longer be required to undergo the mandatory RT-PCR test from February 13. Also, there is no need to upload a self-health declaration on the ‘Air Suvidha’ portal, as per a notification released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Government of India drops COVID-19 testing and uploading of 'Air Suvidha' form for international arrivals from/via China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand and Japan pic.twitter.com/TIkSnZfTNt
— ANI (@ANI) February 10, 2023
The ministry has revised the rules for people coming from or via these places after these six places saw a sustained and significant decline in the trajectory of Covid-19 cases in the last four weeks.
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“The ministry is updating its ‘Guidelines for International Arrivals’ and dropping the existing requirements of pre-departure COVID-19 testing and uploading of the self-health declaration on Ministry of Civil Aviation’s ‘Air Suvidha’ portal applicable for international travellers coming from/via China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Japan,” said the health ministry in a statement.
“In order to monitor infections due to mutated variants of SARS-CoV-2 among international travellers to India, the present exercise of random testing of 2% travellers to India (irrespective of country of origin) upon arrival India shall continue,” it added.
Notably, India has been updating the norms for international arrivals based on the pandemic situation. However, the 2 per cent random testing on arrival in India, irrespective of country of origin will continue.
