No quarantine for international passengers arriving in Delhi

Passengers found olimizers during screening will be isolated and taken to medical facilities. If they test positively, their contacts will also be identified and tested, said an official. If tourists test positive Covid-19, their samples will be sent for genome sequencing.

International tourists who arrive in Delhi from Monday and so on do not need to be quarantined for seven days or get mandatorily tested at the airport as a list of “risky” countries and the obligatory seven days of home quarantine has been carried out after a significant increase in Covid-19 situations, according to guidelines Revised about the international arrival issued by the Ministry of Health and family welfare.

But passengers must monitor their health for the next 14 days of the arrival and if tourists are under monitoring self-health, developing Covid-19 symptoms, they will immediately isolate themselves and report them to the nearest health facilities.

Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Sunday issued a compliance with the revised guidelines for the Ministry of Health. A DDMA official continued a guide to the Ministry of Health and all district judges.

Passengers found olimizers during screening will be isolated and taken to medical facilities. If they test positively, their contacts will also be identified and tested, said an official. If tourists test positive Covid-19, their samples will be sent for genome sequencing.

According to the guidelines, a group of 2% of the total passengers in flight will undergo a random arrival post at the airport on arrival. Such tourists on each flight will be identified by the airline (preferably from various countries). Such passengers will submit their samples and will be allowed to leave the airport.

“The need to monitor the nature of viruses and evolution that is constantly changing from the SARS-COV-2 variant, must remain focused. While monitoring the nature and dissemination of infections in the country and throughout the world, awareness is also given to the fact that economic activities need to be taken In a way that is not blocked, “said the guideline.

DDMA is likely to meet at any time this week to review the existing sidewalks and discuss with experts whether the sidewalk must be appointed to enable economic activities to be carried out without obstacles.

At present, Delhi is under several curbs – night hours (11 nights to 5 in the morning), no passengers standing on the bus, metro, capacity of 50% for restaurants, bars, cinemas, only two passengers are permitted in car rickshaws / Taxis, Banquet Hall, closed except for wedding functions, visitors are not allowed in religious places, among other limits. Because the covid-19 front rate on Sundays fell to 1.5%, DDMA can lift several more restrictions.

Traders have begun to raise the demands to lift the night at night. The Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the Brijesh Goyal Industry and Confederations of All Indian Traders Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal have appealed to DDMA to lift the remaining sidewalks too.

Dr. Jugal Kishore, head of the Ministry of Medicine at the Safdarjung Hospital, said the ten-day quarantine mandate was not needed for international arrivals because the situation of the Koronavirus triggered by the omicron wave quickly. “Random testing of a number of certain passengers, especially the sequencing of genes is a good idea,” Dr. Kishore said.

He added that since the covid-19 front level in Delhi has dropped to 1.5% and continues to decline throughout the country, the majority of mild cases and mortality only among those who have comorbid conditions, the government must raise the remaining sidewalks as well as.

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