Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (January 7) decided to impose tighter restrictions on international travellers arriving at its airports and other ports of entry beginning from January 11 to contain rising infections of Covid-19.

 

As per the new rules, all arriving passengers will have to quarantine themselves at home for a week notwithstanding their port of origin, reported Wam. 

 

At present, only travellers arriving from countries with a high incidence of Covid-19 cases are being compulsorily tested for Coronavirus infections.

 

However, children under five years of age are exempt from both arrival and post-arrival testing unless they are found to be symptomatic for Covid.

 

In all such cases, those found negative are quarantined at home for a week while those found positive are sent to institutional quarantine. Two per cent of all arrivals will continue to be selected for random testing at airports.

 

These new set of rules are set to impact the schedule of a number of Gulf expats who are going on their vacations. 

 

Under the new guidelines announced by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, all others will have to take an RT-PCR test on the eighth day of arrival in India after completing one week of home quarantine. 

 

The results of these tests will have to be uploaded on a government portal and will be monitored by local governments where they reside.