Seeing the deteriorating situation of Covid-19 in many countries, the Government of India said on Monday that passengers coming from countries of Europe including Britain, Brazil, South Africa, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, New Zealand, Singapore, Zimbabwe will be given several measures on arrival in India. will need to be followed. After coming to India from these countries, Covid-19 testing is also included. Not only this, those travelers coming from 99 countries including America, UAE, Qatar, France, Germany have been allowed to enter quarantine-free India, who have completed their vaccination.
The decision comes at a time when the country has allowed foreign tourists on non-charter. India had suspended tourist visas from last March and resumed them from October 15 by approving them on the charter. Apart from a COVID negative report within 72 hours for departure in India, passengers from these 99 countries will also have to upload their vaccination certificate on the Air Suvidha portal.
Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health
According to the guideline issued by the Union Health Ministry on November 11, “There are countries that have an agreement with India on mutual recognition of vaccination certificates of vaccines nationally recognized or recognized by WHO. Similarly, there are countries that currently do not have such an agreement with India, but they completely exempt Indian citizens from nationally recognized or WHO-recognized vaccines. On the basis of reciprocity, passengers from all such countries which provide quarantine free entry to Indians are given some relaxation on arrival.
At present, India has put some countries at risk under the outlook of Covid-19. In which the countries of Europe including UK, Brazil, South Africa, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, New Zealand, Singapore, Zimbabwe are also included. It added that “travellers from countries other than those at risk will be allowed to leave the airport and self-monitor their health for 14 days after arrival. This applies to travelers from all countries, including those that have reciprocal arrangements for mutual acceptance of WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccines.
