C T Online Desk: Issuing new guidelines for international travellers, the Ministry of Health in India on Thursday scrapped the mandatory seven-day home quarantine.
The international passengers are required to self-monitor their health for 14 days and isolate if symptoms of Covid-19 appear
The new guidelines, which come into effect from February 14, international passengers require to self-monitor their health for 14 days after arrival and isolate in case they develop symptoms of Covid-19.
All passengers will undergo thermal screening on arrival and be isolated at a medical facility if found symptomatic. If they test positive, their contacts will be identified as per protocol.
The ‘at-risk’ tag for countries has also been removed. Moreover, passengers from 82 countries are allowed to upload a certificate of full vaccination instead of a negative RT-PCR report obtained 72 hours prior to boarding, reports The Indian Express.
These countries include those which have an agreement with India on mutual recognition of vaccination certificates of nationally recognised or WHO recognised vaccines or those which provide quarantine-free entry to Indians.
Meanwhile, India reported 67,084 new Covid-19 cases and 1,241 related deaths in the last 24 hours ending 8 am, Thursday. The active caseload in the country dipped to 7,90,789, from Wednesday’s 8.92 lakh. The daily positivity rate also saw a slight decrease from 4.54% to 4.44% on Thursday.
