Bound for Netherlands? Get tested 4 hours before flight

New Delhi: Flyers travelling to the Netherlands are now required to undergo a Covid test within four hours of their flight departure time at the origin. This is in addition to the existing requirement of getting an RT-PCR test done within 72 hours of arrival time in Holland.

A negative result from the new 4-hour pre-departure test will be needed to board flights to the Netherlands. The rule is effective immediately and is the latest in the tightening of testing norms by various countries after the emergence of new and more infectious strains of coronavirus.

India has an air bubble arrangement with the Netherlands and France and Air France-KLM operate flights under that along with Air India.