India has announced that travelers from certain countries will no longer be required to present a pre-departure Covid test or file a self-health declaration.
The Union Health Ministry in India has updated its policies for visitors from China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Singapore. All travelers from these nations will no longer be required to present a negative result from a pre-departure Covid test or upload a self-health declaration to the "Air Suvidha" portal beginning at 11 AM on Monday, February 13, 2023.
After noticing a "sustained and significant drop in the
trajectory of Covid-19 cases" in certain nations during the previous four
weeks, the decision to modify testing standards for international travelers
traveling from or via these countries was made. The number of newly confirmed
cases across the globe in the previous 28 days has decreased by 89%, according
to the World Health Organization (WHO). India has also experienced a downward
trend, with fewer than 100 new cases reported daily.
The random testing of 2% of foreign visitors in India would
continue, irrespective of the place of origin, despite the reduction in the
pre-departure testing criteria. The 2% random testing has been implemented to
track infections caused by altered SARS-CoV-2 strains among foreign visitors to
India.
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