The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday issued a detailed set of guidelines for passengers returning from the UK and made it compulsory for them to get the RT-PCR test on arrival in India. All flyers who test positive for coronavirus will be shifted to isolation centres. Those who test positive with the new virus variant will be kept at a separate unit.
India has banned flights to and from the United Kindom citing the new “out of control” strain of Coronavirus in that country. All cargo-operations and DGCA-approved flights will not fall under the travel restrictions. Passengers from the UK will not be allowed to board any direct or indirect flight to any city in India, according to a circular issued by the DGCA. The ban on India-UK flights will remain in place from 11.59 PM on December 22 to December 31. The DGCA has categorically ordered that no flights from the UK will be able to land in India after 11.59 pm on December 22. The DGCA in its circular dated December 21 stated that all flyers arriving from the UK in India will need to undergo RT-PCR Covid-19 testing at Airports. This is a compulsory exercise. Flyers, if found Coronavirus positive, will need to under quarantine based on the directions issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
