Passengers Screening In India

About 124 international passengers have tested positive for COVID-19 after they were screened on their arrival in India over thelast 10 days, officials have said.

No patient infected with a new Omicron variant, said to be driving China's current surge of COVID-19 cases, has been detected so far in Maharashtra, but thermal screening will be conducted for air passengers arriving from countries

After a two-year restriction due to the COVID pandemic, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has recently allowed 100 per cent of passengers capacity in domestic and international airports.

In compliance with the revised travel guidelines issued by the Centre and Tamil Nadu government over Omicron, Chennai Airport has created an exclusive corridor at the T4 terminal to screen arriving passengers from at-risk countries.

Nineteen passengers were allegedly caught carrying ammunition in their hand baggage during screening at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here this year so far, police said on Sunday.

A passenger who had arrived in Kolkata from Delhi via Guwahati on a flight was found to be carrying his test report showing him to be COVID-19 positive, however, during the thermal screening his temperature came out normal, said Kolkata Airport Director.

Addressing the apprehension among customers who are sceptical about riding in auto-rickshaws amidst the coronavirus pandemic, mobility service provider, Ola has rolled its RideSafeIndia initiative. As part of this initiative, all Ola autos will now be fitted with a protective partition screen between the driver and passenger section, offering an ad...

New rules for domestic travel during the lockdown were released by the government today, including advising passengers to download the Aarogya Setu application on their mobile devices and asking states to ensure thermal screening at departure point of airports, railway stations and bus terminals. The guidelines were shared by Civil Aviation Ministe...

New rules for domestic flight travel during the lockdown were released by the government today, including mandatory thermal screening before entering airport terminals, use of face masks for the entire journey and displaying "green" status on the Aarogya Setu app. Passengers will also be required to do a web check-in at home and obtain a boarding p...

The Delhi government on Tuesday issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the screening of passengers arriving to the city from outside in special trains.

As the number of Coronavirus cases in the country is increasing day-by-day, the state government and central government are making their best efforts to contain the pandemic. Several bodies and institutions across India have employed numerous efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. A private taxi firm in Kerala has opted for the same approach by...

When train services restart today for limited operations, passengers have to be at the station 90 minutes in advance and entry will be stopped 15 minutes before the trains leave. The passengers will be screened before they enter the station and only those who are asymptomatic will be allowed to board, according to SOPs put out by the home ministry ...

Six "shramik (worker) special" trains, carrying migrants, students and others stranded by the coronavirus lockdown, departed from Kerala, Telangana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan on Friday. The trains, bound for Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were organised on request from the respective states, Railways said in a st...

More than 15 lakh foreign travelers came to India over the last two months but a "gap in monitoring" by states could "seriously jeopardize" India's efforts to check the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19, the centre has said.

Amid rising coronavirus cases in India, the government on Friday decided to screen all passengers coming from the US, Australia, and UK at 30 designated airports and also assess their risk profile for either quarantine or isolation.

About 124 international passengers have tested positive for COVID-19 after they were screened on their arrival in India over thelast 10 days, officials have said.

No patient infected with a new Omicron variant, said to be driving China's current surge of COVID-19 cases, has been detected so far in Maharashtra, but thermal screening will be conducted for air passengers arriving from countries

After a two-year restriction due to the COVID pandemic, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has recently allowed 100 per cent of passengers capacity in domestic and international airports.

In compliance with the revised travel guidelines issued by the Centre and Tamil Nadu government over Omicron, Chennai Airport has created an exclusive corridor at the T4 terminal to screen arriving passengers from at-risk countries.

Nineteen passengers were allegedly caught carrying ammunition in their hand baggage during screening at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here this year so far, police said on Sunday.

A passenger who had arrived in Kolkata from Delhi via Guwahati on a flight was found to be carrying his test report showing him to be COVID-19 positive, however, during the thermal screening his temperature came out normal, said Kolkata Airport Director.

Addressing the apprehension among customers who are sceptical about riding in auto-rickshaws amidst the coronavirus pandemic, mobility service provider, Ola has rolled its RideSafeIndia initiative. As part of this initiative, all Ola autos will now be fitted with a protective partition screen between the driver and passenger section, offering an ad...

New rules for domestic travel during the lockdown were released by the government today, including advising passengers to download the Aarogya Setu application on their mobile devices and asking states to ensure thermal screening at departure point of airports, railway stations and bus terminals. The guidelines were shared by Civil Aviation Ministe...

New rules for domestic flight travel during the lockdown were released by the government today, including mandatory thermal screening before entering airport terminals, use of face masks for the entire journey and displaying "green" status on the Aarogya Setu app. Passengers will also be required to do a web check-in at home and obtain a boarding p...

The Delhi government on Tuesday issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the screening of passengers arriving to the city from outside in special trains.

As the number of Coronavirus cases in the country is increasing day-by-day, the state government and central government are making their best efforts to contain the pandemic. Several bodies and institutions across India have employed numerous efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. A private taxi firm in Kerala has opted for the same approach by...

When train services restart today for limited operations, passengers have to be at the station 90 minutes in advance and entry will be stopped 15 minutes before the trains leave. The passengers will be screened before they enter the station and only those who are asymptomatic will be allowed to board, according to SOPs put out by the home ministry ...

Six "shramik (worker) special" trains, carrying migrants, students and others stranded by the coronavirus lockdown, departed from Kerala, Telangana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan on Friday. The trains, bound for Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were organised on request from the respective states, Railways said in a st...

More than 15 lakh foreign travelers came to India over the last two months but a "gap in monitoring" by states could "seriously jeopardize" India's efforts to check the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19, the centre has said.

Amid rising coronavirus cases in India, the government on Friday decided to screen all passengers coming from the US, Australia, and UK at 30 designated airports and also assess their risk profile for either quarantine or isolation.