Travelling to India? You will be quarantined for 14 days

Oman Monday 16/March/2020 21:11 PM
By: Times News Service
Travelling to India? You will be quarantined for 14 days

Muscat: Indian citizens and other passengers who are travelling home from Oman, Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait will be compulsorily quarantined for a minimum period of 14 days, to ensure they do not carry the symptoms of COVID-19, India’s Press Information Bureau has said.

This measure will also be extended to passengers from these countries transiting through Indian airports.

In addition, India’s PIB has said that the “travel of passengers from member countries of the European Union, the European Free Trade Association, Turkey and the United Kingdom to India is prohibited with effect from 18 March 2020. No airline shall board a passenger from these nations to India with effect from 12 noon GMT on 18 March, 2020. The airline shall enforce this at the port of initial departure.”

Both these instructions are temporary measures, said the PIB, and will be in force until 31 March, 2020, but will be reviewed subsequently.