maharashtra: Covid-19: Centre says Maharashtra order on international passengers in divergence with its guidelines, asks state to align – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The central government on Wednesday challenged the Maharashtra government’s revised guidelines on quarantine for international passengers in view of concerns over the Omicron variant, saying that the state’s new airport arrival rules are ‘in divergence’ with health ministry guidelines.
The government asked the state to align its order with the SOPs issued by the Union health ministry.
Here are the top key points in the story-
* Maharashtra has mandated 7-day institutional quarantine for travellers arriving in the state from ‘at-risk’ countries under the guidelines issued by the State Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday night.
* Such passengers will also undergo-PCR test on the second, fourth and seventh day of arrival. If found to be Covid-19 positive, the passenger will be shifted to a hospital. In case the test is negative, the passenger will still have to undergo seven-day home quarantine.
* Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in a letter, said that the order issued by the Maharashtra government is in divergence with the Covid-19 SoPs and guidelines issued by Union Health Ministry for international passengers.
* Bhushan also advisd that such modified orders of the state government are given wide publicity to obviate any inconvenience to travellers.
* Under the new guidelines issued by the Union health ministry on November 28, passengers originating or transiting from at-risk countries will have to undergo-PCR testing post-arrival and will be required to wait for the results at the airport before leaving or taking a connecting flight.
* Travellers from countries excluding those countries at risk will be allowed to leave the airport and shall self-monitor their health for 14 days post-arrival but five percent of the total flight passengers shall undergo post-arrival testing at random at the airport on arrival.
* According to the Maharashtra government guidelines, passengers from other than ‘at-risk’ countries will have to undergo a compulsory-PCR test at the airport. Even if found negative, they will have to undergo 14-day home quarantine.
* The list of ‘at-risk’ countries has been announced by the Union government.
* According to an updated list, the countries designated as ‘at-risk’ are the European countries, the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel.
(With inputs from agencies)
The government asked the state to align its order with the SOPs issued by the Union health ministry.
Here are the top key points in the story-
* Maharashtra has mandated 7-day institutional quarantine for travellers arriving in the state from ‘at-risk’ countries under the guidelines issued by the State Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday night.
* Such passengers will also undergo-PCR test on the second, fourth and seventh day of arrival. If found to be Covid-19 positive, the passenger will be shifted to a hospital. In case the test is negative, the passenger will still have to undergo seven-day home quarantine.
* Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in a letter, said that the order issued by the Maharashtra government is in divergence with the Covid-19 SoPs and guidelines issued by Union Health Ministry for international passengers.
* Bhushan also advisd that such modified orders of the state government are given wide publicity to obviate any inconvenience to travellers.
* Under the new guidelines issued by the Union health ministry on November 28, passengers originating or transiting from at-risk countries will have to undergo-PCR testing post-arrival and will be required to wait for the results at the airport before leaving or taking a connecting flight.
* Travellers from countries excluding those countries at risk will be allowed to leave the airport and shall self-monitor their health for 14 days post-arrival but five percent of the total flight passengers shall undergo post-arrival testing at random at the airport on arrival.
* According to the Maharashtra government guidelines, passengers from other than ‘at-risk’ countries will have to undergo a compulsory-PCR test at the airport. Even if found negative, they will have to undergo 14-day home quarantine.
* The list of ‘at-risk’ countries has been announced by the Union government.
* According to an updated list, the countries designated as ‘at-risk’ are the European countries, the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel.
(With inputs from agencies)
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