As Covid-19 cases spike, India announces fresh travel advisory
India bars entry of passengers from EU, UK, and Turkey
By IAR Desk
With the total number of Covid-19 cases peaking to 114 across India, the government has today, Monday, 16 March announced additional measures to combat the pandemic.
After a meeting of the group of ministers (GoM) it has been decided to expand compulsory quarantine for a minimum period of 14 days for passengers coming from or transiting through UAE, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait.
Travel of passengers from member countries of the European Union, the European Free Trade Association, Turkey and United Kingdom to India is prohibited with effect from 18th March 2020.
India has till now screened 12,76,046 passengers at airports. The largest number of Covid-19 cases have been recorded in Maharashtra state, followed by Kerala.
A day ago India had suspended all passenger traffic through land check posts located on the India-Bangladesh, India-Nepal, and India-Myanmar, India-Bhutan, except at designated points.
For the India-Bhutan and India-Nepal borders this would be applicable to only third country nationals.
All India-Bangladesh train and bus services have been suspended till April 15, as have been all border markets and haats.
From midnight of Monday, March 16 all passengers movement across the india-Pakistan border has been suspended except for those with diplomatic, official, and UN visas who can cross through the Attari immigration check point.
Stringent screening will be conducted at the above designated checkpoints of any traveller with Covid-19 symptoms and of anyone with a recent travel history to any of the seven Covid-19 outbreak countries, namely China, South Korea, Iran, Italy, Spain, France, Germany.
