Flying from Oman to India? You need to undergo mandatory home quarantine | Times of Oman

Flying from Oman to India? You need to undergo mandatory home quarantine | Times of Oman

Muscat: Passengers flying to India from Oman and all other countries have to enter mandatory home quarantine on arrival, per new guidelines issued by the Indian government. The latest procedures published by the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on 7 January calls for all passengers from countries not deemed 'at risk' to undergo a week-long home quarantine, followed by a subsequent PCR test on the eighth day since their arrival. "A sub-section (two percent of the total flight passengers) shall undergo post-arrival testing at random at the airport on arrival," said the MOHFW guidelines. "These two percent of such travellers in each flight shall be identified by the concerned airlines (preferably from different countries). "All travellers, including those two percent who were selected for random testing on arrival and were found negative, will undergo home quarantine for seven days and shall undertake RT-PCR test on the eighth day of arrival in India," added the ministry. India's list of at-risk countries includes 18 nations, as well as all countries in Europe, including the UK, with arrivals from these countries needing to follow additional procedures on arrival. These countries include South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Ghana, Mauritius, New Zealand,