Transit passengers from 6 nations also need negative Covid report: India

Travellers from China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand and Japan have to produce such test 72 hours before departure

Passengers taking transit flights to India from China and five other Asian countries have to show a negative Covid-19 test, the health ministry clarified on Monday about an order it issued last week.

Travellers from China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand and Japan will have to produce the test 72 hours before departure, said the ministry in an order that came into effect on January 1.

Lav Agarwal, additional secretary in ministry of health and family welfare, said in a letter to the civil aviation secretary, said: “This will also apply to transiting passengers through the countries (mentioned above) irrespective