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v. Passengers originating or transiting from at-risk countries shall be informed by the airlines
that they will undergo post arrival testing, quarantine if tested negative, stringent isolation
protocols if tested positive etc. as mentioned in para (xviii).
vi. Do’s and Don'ts shall be provided along with ticket to the travellers by the airlines/agencies
concerned.
vii. Airlines to allow boarding by only those passengers who have filled in all the information in
the Self Declaration Form on the Air Suvidha portal and uploaded the negative RT-PCR test
report.
viii. At the time of boarding the flight, only asymptomatic travellers will be allowed to board after
thermal screening.
ix. All passengers shall be advised to download Aarogya Setu app on their mobile devices.
A.3. During Travel
x. In-flight announcement about COVID-19 including precautionary measures to be followed
shall be made at airports and in flights and during transit.
xi. During in-flight crew shall ensure that COVID appropriate behaviour is followed at all times.
xii. If any passenger reports symptoms of COVID-19 during flight, he/she shall be isolated as per
protocol.
xiii. Proper in-flight announcements should be made by the airlines regarding the testing
requirements and people who need to undergo such testing to avoid any congestion at the
arrival airports.
A.4. On arrival
xiv. De-boarding should be done ensuring physical distancing.
xv. Thermal screening would be carried out in respect of all the passengers by the health officials
present at the airport. The self-declaration form filled online shall be shown to the airport
health staff.
xvi. The passengers found to be symptomatic during screening shall be immediately isolated and
taken to medical facility as per health protocol. If tested positive, their contacts shall be
identified and managed as per laid down protocol
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xvii. Travellers from specified Countries at risk [as mentioned in para (iii) and (iv) above] will follow
the protocol as detailed below:
• Submission of sample for post-arrival COVID-19 test* at the point of arrival (self-paid).
Such travellers will be required to wait for their test results at the arrival airport before
leaving or taking a connecting flight.
• If tested negative they will follow, home quarantine for 7 days and shall undertake RT-
PCR test on the 8th day of arrival in India*.
• Travelers shall also be required to upload results of repeat RT-PCR test for COVID-19 done
on 8
th
day on Air Suvidha portal (to be monitored by the respective States/UTs).
• If negative, they will further self-monitor their health for next 7 days.
• However, if such travellers are tested positive, their samples should be further sent for
genomic testing at INSACOG laboratory network.
• They shall be managed at isolation facility and treated as per laid down standard protocol
including contact tracing mentioned in para (xvii).
• The contacts of such positive case should be kept under home quarantine monitored
strictly by the concerned State Government as per laid down protocol.