A physician sporting private protecting tools (PPE) standing close to an ambulance on the Ebola Virus Illness Therapy Heart inside a hospital within the Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 15.
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Delhi Worldwide Airport Restricted (DIAL) on Thursday (June 25, 2026) launched Air Suvidha 2.0, an upgraded contactless passenger well being self-declaration portal, to strengthen public well being surveillance at factors of entry in response to the continuing Ebola illness outbreak.
The launch follows the World Well being Organisation’s declaration of the Ebola/Bundibugyo virus illness outbreak within the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda as a Public Well being Emergency of Worldwide Concern (PHEIC) on Could 17 below the Worldwide Well being Rules (IHR) 2005.
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Excessive-risk nations
The present outbreak has been confirmed as Bundibugyo virus illness (BVD), and nations bordering DRC and Uganda, together with South Sudan, have been assessed as high-risk for transmission (as up to date by WHO), in line with a launch issued by the Union authorities.
Developed in collaboration with the Directorate Basic of Well being Providers (DGHS), Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare, the portal permits worldwide arriving passengers to submit a compulsory on-line well being self-declaration — protecting 21-day journey historical past, publicity historical past and associated signs, if any — previous to immigration clearance.
The portal permits real-time information sharing with the airport well being officer, Bureau of Immigration, and State Surveillance Officers, and so on., enabling swift identification and referral of at-risk travellers whereas retaining the arrival expertise seamless and contactless, with no bodily kinds to fill on touchdown.
Filling 24 hours early
Air Suvidha Self Declaration Kind (SDF) might be accomplished 24 hours prematurely earlier than arrival to India. Passengers are requested to fill the kinds earlier than boarding of the flight, throughout net check-in for swift clearance on arrival and solely required to point out the downloaded SDF on the Worldwide Journey Well being Desk or immigration counter.
“All worldwide travellers are requested to finish their self-declaration precisely and prematurely, within the curiosity of passenger security and public well being,” famous the discharge.
Printed – June 25, 2026 04:43 pm IST
