Covid-19: Home quarantine must for all international arrivals in India from today

All international arrivals in India will undergo mandatory home isolation for a week from today. The central government had announced revised guidelines for international travellers to arrest the import of the Omicron variant of coronavirus which is rapidly spreading across the country.

The travellers have to undergo home quarantine for seven days and undertake an RT-PCR test on the eighth day of arrival in India. While children under 5 years of age are exempted from both the pre- and post-arrival testing, they have to undertake the test if found symptomatic for Covid-19 on arrival or during the home isolation period.

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India has designated several countries and regions at-risk from where travellers are required to submit the sample for the post-arrival Covid-19 test. Such travellers are required to wait for the results of their self-paid test at the arrival airport before leaving or taking a connecting flight.

The international travellers found to be symptomatic during screening will be immediately isolated and taken to a medical facility as per health protocol.