The Centre on Sunday said it will review its decision to resume scheduled commercial international flights as well as the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) on testing and surveillance of incoming international passengers, especially for those countries identified as ‘at risk’ category.
The decisions were taken following a high-level review meeting chaired by Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla over the new Covid-19 variant of concern ‘Omicron’.
On November 26, after a gap of 20 months, the ministry of civil aviation issued an order saying that it will allow scheduled international flights from December 15 to and from all countries considered “not at risk” with effect from December 15, 2021. The ministry said that passengers from countries in “at risk” category would require to follow additional measures following their arrival in India, including testing for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
