China News Service, February 18th. According to Reuters, the Indian government announced on the 17th that it will compulsorily carry out new coronavirus molecular tests on people directly or indirectly from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil to curb the spread of mutant viruses found in these countries.
According to reports, India is currently the country with the second largest number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the world. In January, India was found to have four people infected with the mutant virus found in South Africa, and another person was found to be infected with the mutant virus found in Brazil in February.
Up to now, India has reported 187 cases of infection with the mutant new coronavirus found in the UK.
According to the "India Express" report, the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India stated in a statement on the 17th that from next week, all passengers arriving or transiting from the UK, Europe or the Middle East will have different terms of testing, quarantine and quarantine. .
In addition to submitting an online self-declaration form and carrying a new crown negative report, a travel history of the past 14 days is required.
The regulations also state that airlines should inform passengers that passengers from the UK, Brazil and South Africa must undergo the new crown test, so their transit time at the airport may be 6 to 8 hours.
In addition, airlines should distinguish passengers arriving or transiting from the UK, South Africa and Brazil, and isolate them during the journey and when they disembark.
These passengers must hand over their samples for testing before leaving the airport.
The Indian authorities will notify them later.
If the test result is negative, they will continue to stay at home for 7 days, after which they will be tested again.
If the second test is still negative, it will mean that they can end the quarantine, but they need to continue to monitor their health for the next 7 days.