From January 11, all international passengers flying into India will have to mandatorily undergo seven-day home quarantine after arrival, the Union government announced on Friday, January 11, issuing new travel guidelines in view of rising COVID-19 cases in India. The new guidelines for international passengers come on a day India reported over one lakh new COVID-19 cases, including 3,007 new cases of the Omicron variant.
All travellers landing in Indian airports need to submit a self-declaration form on the online Air Suvidha portal and now need to to upload a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report not older than 72 hrs prior to undertaking the journey on the Air Suvidha portal. The travellers need to also mention details of travel, if any, in the last 14 days. Only those who have uploaded their declaration forms and RT-PCR negative report will be allowed to board the flight to India.
