29/12/2022
please find "Guidelines for International Arrivals dated 29th December 2022" issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, in supersession of guidelines issued on the subject on 22nd December 2022.
This document provides protocols to be complied by international travellers as well as points of entry (airports, seaports and land border) and shall be valid for all flights landing in India w.e.f. 1st January 2023 (10.00 Hrs IST) till further orders.
All travellers should preferably be fully vaccinated as per the approved primary schedule of vaccination against COVID-19 in their Country.
Additional requirements apply to passengers in all international flights from certain high-risk countries (China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Japan). Such travellers would be required to:
a. Submit complete and factual information in self-declaration form on the online Air Suvidha portal (www.newdelhiairport.in) before the scheduled travel, including last 14 days’ travel details.
b. Upload negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report** on the Air Suvidha portal (The test should have been conducted within 72 hrs prior to undertaking the journey).
c. Each passenger shall also submit a declaration with respect to authenticity of the report and will be liable for criminal prosecution, if found otherwise.
d. They should also give an undertaking on the portal or otherwise to Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, through concerned airlines before they are allowed to undertake the journey that they would abide by the decision of the appropriate government authority for any post arrival requirement including home/institutional quarantine/ self-health monitoring, as warranted.
All entry-point Airports will the following protocol on arrival:
De-boarding should be done, ensuring physical distancing.
Thermal screening should be done in respect of all the passengers by the health officials present at the point of entry.
The passengers found to be symptomatic during screening shall be immediately isolated, and taken to a designated medical facility as per health protocol (as above).
The following protocol post arrival shall also be followed:
a) A sub-section (2% of the total passengers in the flight) shall undergo random post-arrival testing at the airport on arrival, irrespective of the port of departure.
b) Such travellers in each flight shall be identified by the concerned airlines (preferably from different countries). They will submit the samples and shall be allowed to leave the airport thereafter.
c) If such travellers’ samples are tested positive, their samples should be further sent for genomic testing at the INSACOG laboratory network.
d) They shall be treated/isolated as per laid down standard protocol.
All travellers should self-monitor their health post arrival also shall report to their nearest health facility or call the National helpline number (1075)/ State Helpline Number in case they have any symptoms suggestive of COVID-19.
* Children under 12 years of age are exempted from pre-departure and post-arrival random testing. However, if found symptomatic for COVID-19 on arrival or during the self-monitoring period, they shall undergo testing and be treated as per the laid down protocol.
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