India, June 25 -- In view of the Ebola outbreak, the Indian government launched a self-declaration portal for screening. The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) launched AIR SUVIDHA 2.0, the government said in a statement on Thursday.

The government said the upgraded contactless Passenger Health Self-Declaration Portal will strengthen public health surveillance at Points of Entry in response to the ongoing Ebola disease outbreak.

The online system replaces the earlier paper-based process and is aimed at strengthening health surveillance while facilitating smoother passenger processing at points of entry.

It further added that the portal has been developed in collaboration with the Directorate Gener...