As more countries announce travel restrictions over the detection of new variant of Covid-19 Omicron, the Union Health Ministry on Sunday revised its guidelines for international arrivals in India. The Centre has mandated submitting 14 days travel details and upload negative Covid (RT-PCR) test results on Air Suvidha portal before the journey. The travellers from 'countries at-risk' will need to take Covid-19 test post-arrival and wait for results at airport, the Health Ministry has said. Re-test on the 8th day of arrival in India and if negative, further self-monitor of their health for next seven days," the guidelines stated. However, if such travellers test positive, their samples should be sent for genomic testing at the INSACOG laboratory network.

Source: Mint November 29, 2021 07:23 UTC