India to drop pre-departure Covid-19 tests for travellers
A healthcare worker collects a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) test swab sample from a woman at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India on Nov 29, 2021.
PHOTO: Reuters file
PUBLISHED ONFebruary 10, 2023 6:46 AM
NEW DELHI — India will drop the pre-departure Covid-19 test requirement for travellers coming from or via China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand and Japan from Monday (Feb 13), the health ministry said, as Covid-19 infections have fallen sharply globally.
The random testing of two per cent of all travellers landing in India will continue, the health ministry wrote in the letter dated Feb 9 to the civil aviation ministry.
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