Passengers from India will need to show their negative RT-PCR report along with a QR code linked. This move has been taken as slowly things are getting back in to normal and people will travel around the world. Amid the resurgence of coronavirus cases in India, it has been considered mandatory for them.
The negative RT-CPR report with QR code will be required to an original report to onboard an international flight. The QR code will help the authorities to check if the report is genuine and not a fake negative report made to bypass the rules. The Ministry of Civil Aviation had announced the decision making RT-PCR report with QR code last week after several reports of passengers procuring fake negatives came to light. Airline companies have also shared their announcements on Twitter to ensure that their passengers are updated on the new rule. While, Air India Express’ alerts its passengers with this tweet, “Effective 22nd May 2021, passengers carrying negative RT-PCR report as per the requirement of their destination country, must ensure that the report has a QR code linking to the original report.”
However, the decision is applicable from Saturday. Currently, only 27 countries are in air bubble arrangements with India. These countries include the US, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Qatar and the UAE.
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