India to drop pre-departure COVID tests for travelers from China, other countries
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker collects a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test swab sample from a woman at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
NEW DELHI — India will drop the pre-departure COVID test requirement for travelers coming from or via China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand, and Japan from Monday, the health ministry said, as COVID-19 infections have fallen sharply globally.
The random testing of 2% of all travelers landing in India will continue, the health ministry wrote in the letter dated February 9 to the civil aviation ministry.
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