COVID-19 guidelines during international travels have immensely helped in mitigating the spread of the virus. Now, as the world recovers and breaks free from COVID-19’s clutches, these guidelines are being relaxed by and by. Recently, the Indian government has further relaxed travel guidelines for international travellers even more. Now people travelling from India from different countries can do so without much hassle. Here are the details you need to know about this update.
Centre Laxed COVID-19 Guidelines For International Travellers
On the 19th of July, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a statement which said that it had dropped the requirement of randomly testing two per cent of the international population for Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction or RT-PCR.
Up until now, authorities could randomly test up to two per cent of international travellers arriving in the country for COVID-19 via RT-PCR. This requirement, as per the latest statement will no longer be applicable. Travellers are free to enter the country and it is preferred that they be fully vaccinated against the virus.
According to an article recently published by the LokMat Times, this latest rule will be taken into effect from the 20th of July. From tomorrow onwards, random RT-PCR-based testing of two per cent of the population will not be carried out.
Decision Taken After Observing The Latest Trends Of The Virus
The Ministry said that this decision was taken after duly observing the trend of the virus which has shown a steady decline almost everywhere. Additionally, significant accomplishments have been made in vaccine coverage across the world.
Even though the ministry will continue to monitor the situation throughout the country, it has decided to ease the guidelines further. Furthermore, if any international traveller has exhibited COVID-19 symptoms, then they will be isolated and due procedure will follow in order to ensure that the spread is contained.
Even The Times Of India recently reported that Mumbai has had zero COVID-19 cases and deaths for two days in a row now.
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