The government on Thursday issued the 3rd addendum to lockdown guidelines, allowing transit arrangements for stranded foreigners and also the evacuation of those foreigners who arrived in India after February 15.
The Ministry of Home Affairs said in a notification that these foreigners can be evacuated after they have finished their quarantine period and have tested COVID-19 negative. It said only those foreigners who are asymptomatic will be allowed to leave India.
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The Ministry said that some foreign countries have approached India asking that their citizens be evacuated, now such requests will be examined by the Ministry of External Affairs on a case to case basis.
It also issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the release of all persons following the period of their quarantine.
India has banned both domestic and international flights since March 22 and extended the ban till April 14, the last day of the 21-day nationwide lockdown.
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