Covid-19 variant Omicron, airports across the country have ramped up their testing capacity and enforced strict norms for arriving international passengers.
While no cases of Omicron have been reported so far in India, the Union government has asked states and union territories to ensure Covid-19 tests for travellers coming from 'at-risk' countries on the first day of arrival and retesting on the eighth day.
The new guidelines also say that airlines shall put in place a proper randomization process for testing about 5% of the passengers in flights on arrival.
Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday advised states not to let their guards down and keep a strict vigil on the international passengers coming to the country through