Question: recently Union ministry of health and family welfare revised its guidelines for international arrivals in the wake of which of the following?
a) Increase in cases of COVID-19
b) Improvement in the Covid-19 pandemic crisis
c) Bird flue
d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:-
- On 10 February 2022; the Union ministry of health and family welfare revised its guidelines for international arrivals.
- This revision of guidelines has been done in the wake of an improvement in the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic crisis.
- The latest guidelines that will be effective from February 14 removed the demarcation of ‘at-risk’ and other countries.
- The health ministry further recommended 14 days of self-monitoring post-arrival as against a seven-day home quarantine which was mandated earlier.
- According to the latest rules, passengers travelling to India should submit complete and factual information in the self-declaration.
- This self-declaration will have to be done with a form on the Air Suvidha Portal (https://www.newdelhiairport.in/airsuvidha/apho-registration) before the scheduled travel, including travel details of the last 14 days.
- Passengers will have to upload a negative RT-PCR test report within 72 hours before undertaking the journey or a certificate of completing the full primary vaccination schedule.
- Airlines and agencies concerned should provide the dos and don’ts to travelers along with their tickets.
- Airlines are only allowed to board those passengers who have filled all details in the above self-declaration form.
- They should also have to present their RT-PCR test report or vaccination certificate, the guidelines added.
- Only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed inside the flight at the time of boarding.
- They have also been requested to download the Aarogya Setu app on their mobile phones.
By – Rajesh Tripathi