Telangana govt issues guidelines for international arrivals

Asymptomatic international passengers who have compelling reasons, including pregnancy and death in the family, may be exempted from institutional quarantine as per the latest guidelines issued by the Telangana government. Those passengers who produce negative RT-PCR test report on arrival with the test conducted within 96 hours prior to departure may also be exempted from institutional quarantine, according to the guidelines.

The guidelines were issued in a Government Order (GO) on August 26.

The GO said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued standard operating protocol (SOP) (on August 22) for travel on Vande Bharat and Air Transport Bubble flights.