India shifts from 7-day quarantine to 14-day self-monitoring for international arrivals

New COVID-19 Cases Drop from 340,000 to 60,000 Range

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] The Indian government has recently decided to lift the 7-day self-quarantine requirement for overseas arrivals as the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has noticeably slowed down.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India announced on the 10th that starting from the 14th (local time), overseas arrivals will no longer be required to quarantine for 7 days, but instead should monitor their health condition for 14 days. Previously, Indian authorities had implemented quarantine measures for overseas arrivals since December last year when the Omicron variant suddenly spread.

However, the Ministry of Health emphasized that "it is necessary to continuously monitor the evolving situation" while stressing that economic activities should not be disrupted.

Nevertheless, arrivals must upload either a negative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result or proof of completed vaccination to the relevant website before boarding aircraft or other transportation. In particular, random RT-PCR tests will also be conducted on some arrivals.

The daily number of new confirmed cases in India peaked at 347,254 on the 21st of last month and has since decreased to 67,004 as of this day. The number of new daily cases in New Delhi and Mumbai, which had exceeded 20,000, has also dropped to around 1,000.

Accordingly, several local authorities have lifted weekend curfews and restrictions on store operations, and in-person classes have resumed.

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