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Earlier, Health Minister Veena George informed the media that people on the contact list would be categorised and high-risk patients would be placed in isolation wards in hospitals.
Both of them, including a medical student, had been to Kozhikode, the epicenter of the Nipah outbreak, recently.
The complete scrapping of the travel rules comes at a time China is grappling with a sudden spurt in coronavirus infections.
Under the new norms, RT-PCR tests are mandatory for passengers arriving from 'at-risk' countries and they will be allowed to leave the airport only after the test results come.
The airlines has announced weekly three flights, operating on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
The RT-PCR test should be conducted within 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey.
If partially or not vaccinated, the travellers need to undertake measures which include submission of sample for post-arrival COVID-19 test at the point of arrival.
On Thursday, the pair engaged in a spat on social media that clearly escalated.
The UK announced that Indians, fully vaccinated with Covishield vaccine, will no longer require to undergo quarantine on their arrival in Britain from October 11.
All British nationals arriving in India from the UK, irrespective of their vaccination status, will also have to undertake the pre-departure COVID-19 RT-PRC test within 72 hours before travel.
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