Government issues revised guidelines for international arrivals

The government has issued a set of revised guidelines for international arrivals, under which travellers seeking exemption from institutional quarantine will need to submit a negative RT-PCR report 72 hours before undertaking the journey. India-bound passengers can also undergo Covid-19 testing at the airports where the provisions are available. Further, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has allowed domestic airlines to operate a maximum of 70 per cent of their pre-Covid passenger flights till February 24, 2021. The airlines were, initially, allowed to operate only 33 per cent of the pre-Covid flights, which was increased to 45 per cent and then to 60 per cent during the first week of September.