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NEW DELHI: People flying into India will now be able to fill out the mandatory health self-declaration form – made mandatory following the Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa – online on: airsuvidha. civilaviation. gov. in/ .The Union aviation and health ministries, along with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), on Thursday launched an upgraded Air Suvidha 2.0 portal for the purpose and ending weeks of trouble for passengers, airlines and airport operators when physical copies of this form were required to be filled. TOI had highlighted this issue on Wednesday.“The Airsuvidha Self Declaration Form (SDF) can be completed 24 hours in advance before arrival in India. Passengers are requested to fill the forms before boarding the flight, during web check-in for swift clearance on arrival and are only required to show the downloaded SDF at the international travel health desk or immigration counter. All International travellers are requested to complete their self-declaration accurately and in advance, in the interest of passenger safety and public health,” the aviation ministry said in a statement.“The updated portal “enables international arriving passengers to submit a mandatory online health self-declaration covering 21-day travel history, exposure history and related symptoms, if any prior to immigration clearance. The portal enables real-time data sharing with the airport health officer, bureau of immigration…. enables swift identification and referral of at-risk travellers while keeping the arrival experience seamless and contactless, with no physical forms to fill on landing,” the statement added.The updated portal has been launched “to strengthen public health surveillance at points of entry” following WHO’s declaration of the Ebola/Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on May 17, 2026. “…. countries bordering DRC and Uganda, including South Sudan, have been assessed as high-risk for transmission (as updated by WHO),” the statement said.
