Mandatory 7-day quarantine for international travellers in India

Wednesday 12th January 2022 06:37 EST
 

As per the new rules that take effect in India to tackle a huge Omicron-driven surge in Covid cases in the country, people flying in from abroad will need to home quarantine for a week after landing in India and test on the eighth day.
The number of "at-risk" countries has now increased to 19 after nine more have been added since December.
According to the guidelines, all passengers have to go into home isolation for seven days and take an RT-PCR test after that. If they test positive, they will be sent to an isolation facility and their samples will be sent for genome testing. Passengers seated near them and cabin crew will be treated as contacts. If the test is negative, the passengers will have to further self-monitor their health for next seven days.
If travelers under home quarantine or self-health monitoring develop signs and symptoms suggesting Covid or if they test positive on re-testing, they will immediately self-isolate and report to their nearest health facility. The rules for those arriving from countries "at-risk" also remain the same. However, they have to take a test and wait for the results before leaving or taking a connecting flight.


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