Before boarding the plane or ship, the guidelines said the dos and don’ts shall be provided along with the tickets to travellers by the agencies concerned.
All passengers shall also be advised to download Arogya Setu application on their mobile devices, it said.
The guidelines also said that at the time of boarding the plane or ship, only asymptomatic travellers will be allowed to board after thermal screening.
“Passengers arriving through the land borders will also have to undergo the same protocol as above, and only those who are asymptomatic will be enabled to cross the border into India,” it added.
Suitable precautionary measures such as environmental sanitation and disinfection shall be ensured at the airports and during boarding; and at the airports, all possible measures to ensure social distancing to be ensured, it said.
During travel, those who had not filled in self-declaration forms on the portal shall fill the same in duplicate in the flight and ship, and a copy of the same will be given to Health and Immigration officials present at the airport/seaport/land port, the guidelines said.
“Alternatively, such travellers may submit a self-declaration form on the online portal at arriving airport/seaport/land port as per the directions of the concerned authorities, if such facility is available,” it said.
The guidelines further said suitable announcements about COVID-19, including precautionary measures to be followed, shall be made at airports or ports and in flights/ships and during transit.
“While on board the flight or ship, required precautions such as wearing of masks, environmental hygiene, respiratory hygiene, hand hygiene are to be observed by airline/ship staff, crew and all passengers,” it said. On arrival, the guidelines said deboarding should be done ensuring social distancing. “Thermal screening would be carried out in respect of all the passengers by the Health officials present at the airport/seaport/land port. The self-declaration form filled online shall be shown (or a copy of physical self-declaration form to be submitted) to the airport health staff,” it said.
