The sources also said that the Ministries of Health and Family Welfare and Civil Aviation have been asked to strictly enforce the new measures and adequate arrangements must be made at all international airports for this purpose.
Amid fears of the outbreak of a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Karnataka health department has requested the authorities and other private players to see to it that people postpone their travel plans till the end of October.
The federal administration has been under pressure from the travel industry and allies to lift these restrictions
According to the UN World Tourism Organization, the EU saw 66 per cent less international tourist arrivals year-on-year in the first half of 2020.
This week, several countries around the world, and principally in Europe tightened restrictions amid fears that the virus incidence curve which appeared to have flattened was rising again.
In addition to the recent announcement that a period of Covid-related online study will be counted towards requirements for post-study work visas, the Home Office has also announced a period of grace for students whose study visas were due to come to an end at the end of July 2020.
As per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the department of health, all inter-state travellers entering Karnataka would be subjected to mandatory health screening and placed in home quarantine for 14 days.
On Tuesday, the European Union locked down its borders, imposing a 30-day entry ban on nonessential travel for non-EU citizens to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Across the world, airlines have announced a drastic reduction in their operations in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Over 1,300 people, who had come in contact with the affected persons before the confirmation of the virus, are under observation.
