The passengers who all are tested positive will be shifted to the hospital, while those testing negative will have to undergo an additional seven days of home quarantine.
Mumbai: India is preparing itself to fight against Omicron. The Maharashtra Govt. said that all international passengers arriving from "at-risk" countries will have to undergo mandatory seven-day quarantine. According to the sources, Mumbai airport says that the order to place passengers into compulsory isolation facilities will be implemented immediately. Travellers will be required to pay for the quarantine at designated hotels.
The order may confuse state airports as many passengers are mid-air on the way to the state, and would possibly be unaware of mandatory institutional quarantine rules and the hotel charges they would be required to pay.
Every passenger is required to go through the 3-times RT-PCR test on the second, fourth, and seventh days after arrival.
According to Thackeray Govt. the passengers who all are tested positive will be shifted to hospital, while those testing negative will have to undergo an additional seven days of home quarantine.
On November 28, travel guidelines issued by the Centre on 'Omicron', the new strain of Covid that has been designated a variant of concern, will act as "minimum restrictions". For international passengers who have connecting flights to other airports in India and don't need to leave the airport at all, they will undergo an RT-PCR test at the first arrival airport in Maharashtra and will be allowed to board the flight only if they test negative.
If such a passenger has a connecting flight within the state, they will be subjected to quarantine rules that apply to all other international passengers who land directly into the state.
Domestic passengers travelling within the state will either have to be fully vaccinated or carry an RT-PCR test report conducted within 48 hours of the time of arrival. Domestic passengers from other states will have to carry negative RT-PCR tests conducted within 48 hours of arrival.
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