India Cancels Seven-Days Quarantine For Foreign Arrivals, RT-PCR Rules Eased

In the biggest relaxation for international arrivals to India since Covid, the government will from February 14 allow passengers to upload their certificate of completing full primary Covid-19 vaccination schedule in 82 countries on a mutually accepted basis. The Union health ministry has also removed the list of at-risk countries and replaced it with another list of countries in respect of which primary vaccination schedule completion certificate is allowed to be uploaded. These include Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Maldives, New Zealand, Netherlands, Qatar, Singapore, Switzerland, UK and USA.China and UAE are among those not on the list of 82 countries as of now.