On Saturday, the health ministry made an announcement saying all the passengers traveling from the united kingdom to India are going to be subjected to mandatory self-paid RT-PCR tests at the airport.
On December 22 flight services between both the countries were suspended to stop the spread of a new strain of coronavirus which was found in the population of the united kingdom. The flight service will start on January 6. The new strain covid-19 has been detected in over 29 travelers in India.
According to the guidelines of SOP (standard operating procedure), the passengers traveling between 8 to 31 January will be subjected to mandatory self-paid RT-PCR test on arrival at an Indian airport. The SOP guidelines further say that, “Adequate arrangements for passengers waiting for their RT-PCR test as well as test results duly following effective isolation may also be made at the airports in conjunction with the airport authorities.”
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