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Union Health Ministry has revised guidelines for international arrivals in India in view of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
The updated guidelines require all travelers, irrespective of Covid-19 vaccination status arriving to India from countries identified as ‘countries at-risk’ to mandatorily undergo Covid testing at airport on arrival in addition to pre-departure Covid-19 testing undertaken 72 hours before the departure.
For passengers that are Covid-19 positive, will be isolated and their samples also taken for whole genome sequencing. The passengers found negative can depart the airport but have to undergo home isolation for 7 days, followed by repeat testing on the eighth day of arrival in the country
