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Puri, Minister of Civil Aviation, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, Sh. Nityananda Rai, Minister of State for Home, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State (I\/c), Ministry of Shipping, Chemicals and Fertilisers and Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State, Health &amp; Family Welfare were present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The recommendations of the Committee of Secretaries chaired by Cabinet Secretary were placed before GoM. After detailed deliberations on preventive measures, actions taken and preparedness for Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the Group of Ministers took the following decisions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>All existing visas, except diplomatic, official, UN\/International Organizations, employment, project visas, stand suspended till 15th April 2020. This will come into effect from 1200 GMT on 13<sup>th<\/sup> March 2020 at the port of departure.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visa free travel facility granted to OCI card holders is kept in abeyance till April 15th 2020. This will come into effect from 1200 GMT on 13<sup>th<\/sup> March 2020 at the port of departure.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any foreign national who intends to travel to India for compelling reason may contact the nearest Indian Mission.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">All incoming travellers, including Indian nationals, arriving from or having visited China, Italy, Iran, Republic of Korea, France, Spain and Germany after 15<sup>th<\/sup> February, 2020 shall be quarantined for a minimum period of 14 days. This will come into effect from 1200 GMT on 13<sup>th<\/sup> March 2020 at the port of departure.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Incoming travellers, including Indian nationals, are advised to avoid non-essential travel and are informed that they can be quarantined for a minimum of 14 days on their arrival in India.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indian nationals are strongly advised to avoid all non-essential travel abroad. On their return, they can be subjected to quarantine for a minimum of 14 days.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">International traffic through land borders will be restricted to Designated check posts with robust screening facilities. These will be notified separately by M\/o Home Affairs.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Provision for testing primarily for students\/compassionate cases in Italy to be made and collection for samples to be organized accordingly.\u00a0 Those tested negative will be allowed to travel and will be quarantined on arrival in India for 14 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>[Source: PIB]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Press Release dt. 11-03-2020]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth meeting of the GoM was held under the chairpersonship of Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health &amp; Family Welfare. 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