India introduces new Covid-19 rules for travellers from six countries
India has lifted the mandatory Covid-19 testing for travellers arriving from/via China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand, and Japan.
The news comes as infections related to the virus have registered a sharp decline globally, the mint reported.
Earlier mandatory, the travellers from these countries are no longer required to upload the “Air Suvidha” form, the report added.
Here are all the developments so far:
Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in a letter to his counterpart in the ministry of civil aviation, Rajiv Bansal, said his ministry was updating its ‘Guidelines for International Arrivals’, taking into consideration the decline in Covid-19 cases.
