(NITN): Canada has eased testing rules for flyers onboarding from India, a decision which the Southeast Asian nation welcomed.
Ottawa, in its travel advisory for India, removed the requirement to present a negative RT-PCR test result taken 18 hours before boarding from the Genestrings Laboratory located inside the Indira Gandhi International Airport, as per media reports.
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The other rule which required air passengers from India taking a connecting flight from another nation to undergo a Covid-19 test there has also been eradicated, as per media reports.
India’s high commissioner to Ottawa Ajay Bisaria said, “This is a welcome step towards restoring normal mobility and also ending a regime that discriminated against travellers from India.”
