Jammu & Kashmir announces Fresh Travel guidelines for International Travelers

The state government of Jammu and Kashmir has announced a fresh travel advisory for international travelers coming in from at-risk countries. As per the fresh guidelines, travelers testing negative for Covid-19 at the Srinagar airport, will have to go under home quarantine.

The fresh travel advisory 

According to the travel advisory, the travelers have to undergo home quarantine which will last for seven days. After seven days travelers have to follow up with a Covid-19 negative test after the eight day. The advisory has also advised the travelers to monitor themselves for at least two weeks.

Since the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced to apply the rule of Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate in order to ensure stringent implementation of containment measures, reported Times travel. 

The guidelines 

The guidelines said, "Rigorous screening and conduct of Covid-19 RT-PCR test will be made mandatory at the Srinagar International Airport for international arrivals as per the guidelines issued from time to time."