New Delhi: India has reopened its borders to many countries, ending a 20-month clampdown as coronavirus infections across the country remain low and vaccination rates rise.
After halting tourist visas in March last year, India is now allowing quarantine-free entry to fully inoculated travelers from 99 reciprocating countries. The government only requires such tourists to monitor their health for 14 days after arrival.
Since last month tourists on chartered flights were already being granted entry and Indian authorities expanded that to arrivals on commercial flights on Monday.
Meanwhile, India had recorded lowest daily Covid-19 cases in the country in 287 days as it recorded 8,865 new coronavirus infections, taking the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,44,56,401