As the Pandemic has came to a slight hold after the vaccination drive in all countries have began, all the countries have provide relief to the passengers by removing the travel ban on international flights. As the travel all over the world has begun, the new guidelines are there so that passengers can travel safely during these covid times. So today we will let you know about the guidelines for all the passengers travelling to India from Abroad.
- All travellers travelling from abroad should Submit their complete and factual information in a self-declaration form on the Air Suvidha portal through online mode before their scheduled flight, including the details of the last 14 days of travel history.
- Upload a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report* (The test should have been conducted prior 72 hrs of undertaking the flight for the journey) or Certificate of completing full primary vaccination schedule of COVID-19 vaccination.
- Each passenger shall also submit a declaration regarding the authenticity of the report and the passenger would be liable for criminal prosecution, if found otherwise.
- Always Wear masks and use of sanitiser on a regular basis is necessary.
- At the time of boarding the flight at the airport, only asymptomatic travellers will be allowed to board after the proper thermal screening.
- All the passengers are requested to follow all the In-flight announcement about COVID-19 and all the necessary precautionary measures regarding the same.
- If any passenger reports symptomatic for COVID-19 during flight, he/she would be isolated as per protocol.
- Thermal screening on a mandatory basis would be carried out for all the passengers by the health officials present at the airport.
- The self-declaration form filled online needs be presented to the airport health staff.
- The passengers found symptomatic during the thermal screening shall be immediately isolated and taken to medical facility as per health protocol. If tested positive, their contacts shall be identified and would be managed as per protocols .
- In total, duration of 14 days of quarantined period shall be observed. 07 days of institutional quarantine followed by 07 days of necessary home quarantine.
Covid Protocols related to travel during 2021
In the year 2021, there were strict protocols on travel as the 2nd wave of covid occurred during that time. The delta variant emerged as one of the dangerous variants of the Covid and did a lot of damage in several countries including India itself.
Now since the frequency of number of patients has become low so India has also so the ban on international travel ban has also been removed .
