No quarantine, testing for int'l passengers arriving in Delhi

International travellers arriving in Delhi from Monday onwards will not need to quarantine for seven days or get mandatorily tested at the airport as the list of “at-risk” countries and mandatory seven days home quarantine have been done away with in the wake of significant improvement in the Covid-19 situation, according to the revised guidelines of international arrivals issued by the ministry of health and family welfare. The passengers will have to, however, self-monitor their health for the next 14 days of arrival and if travellers under self-health monitoring, develop Covid-19 symptoms, they will immediately self-isolate and report it to their nearest health facility.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Sunday issued an order in compliance with the revised Union ministry of health guidelines. A DDMA official forwarded the guidelines to the health department and all district magistrates. Passengers found to be symptomatic during screening will be immediately isolated and taken to a medical facility. If they test positive, their contacts will also be identified and tested, an official said. If travellers test positive for Covid-19, their samples would be sent for genome sequencing.

According to the guidelines, a group of 2% of the total passengers in a flight will undergo random post arrival testing at the airport on arrival. Such travellers in each flight will be identified by the airlines concerned,preferably from different countries . Such passengers will submit their samples and will be allowed to leave the airport.