The Maharashtra government on Tuesday made seven-day institutional quarantine mandatory for travellers from “at-risk” countries. The state...
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday made seven-day institutional quarantine mandatory for travellers from “at-risk” countries.
The state government issued the strict rules amid worries about the Omicron variant of Covid-19, which the World Health Organization has designated as a variant of concern.
The Maharashtra government’s rules are in addition to travel guidelines that the Centre issued on November 28. The rules on “at risk” countries apply to passengers from Europe including the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel.
#FlyAI : Intl Passengers for Maharashtra kindly note, order issued by Govt of Maharashtra require quarantine for all arriving from countries at risk & RTPCR test for other countries.
— Air India (@airindiain) November 30, 2021
Domestic passengers coming to Maharashtra require RTPCR report 48 hrs before departure. pic.twitter.com/RNeldW29CL
Passengers arriving from these countries may be deplaned on priority and separate counters will be arranged by airport authorities for checks. RT-PCR tests will be conducted on these flyers on the second, fourth and seventh days of their institutional quarantine period.
If any of these tests shows a positive result, the passengers will be shifted to a hospital. If all the tests are negative, they will have to undergo seven more days of home quarantine.
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