Passengers arriving on international flights at the Delhi Airport must go through seven days of institutional quarantine “at their own cos...
Passengers arriving on international flights at the Delhi Airport must go through seven days of institutional quarantine “at their own cost”. After the institutional quarantine, those arriving from other countries will have to remain in home quarantine for a week.
All the passengers will have to accept the obligation of paying for the institutional quarantine. This undertaking will be “retained by the overseas mission/embassy before the booking is confirmed”.
“In case you are planning to stay on in Delhi NCR, you will have to undergo the mandatory health screening which includes a primary screening by Airport Health Officials (APHO),” the statement from the Delhi airport said. “This includes thermal temperature screening by discreetly mounted, highly accurate, mass screening cameras.”
State health officials from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand will be stationed at the separate triage facilities created at the Meeters and Greeters area, the Delhi airport said. Passengers returning to these states should directly report at the respective state posts. “Passengers upon arriving at the first airport of disembarkation in India are advised to be quarantined at the city of arrival,” the statement added.
Exemptions from these rules may be available to four categories of passengers – pregnant women, those who have suffered a death in the...
