After being halted for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, international travel has finally resumed in India and several other countries across the globe, facilitating people who were stranded in other countries during the pandemic, and giving a much-needed boost to tourism. Relaxing the COVID-19 international travel guidelines even further, the central government has announced that children under five years of age are exempted from both pre and post-arrival testing upon arrival in India. However, if found symptomatic for COVID-19 on arrival or during the home quarantine period, they shall undergo testing and treated as per laid down protocol," the new Health Ministry guidelines said. "The global trajectory of COVID-19 pandemic continues to decline with certain regional variations. The revised guidelines also state that 15 days must have elapsed since the completion of the COVID-19 vaccination schedule.

Source: dna November 14, 2021 09:16 UTC