New Delhi (NVI): With domestic flight operations resuming tomorrow, the Ministry of Health today released fresh guidelines, requesting travellers to strictly follow self-regulatory norms to help combat Covid-19.
The Ministry has issued guidelines for domestic travel that includes air, train and inter-state bus travel, as well as international arrivals.
As per the guidelines, all passengers shall be advised to download Arogya Setu App on their mobile devices. Do’s and don’t shall be provided along with tickets to travellers by the agencies concerned.
“The States/UTs shall ensure that all passengers shall undergo thermal screening at the point of departure and only asymptomatic passengers are allowed to board the flight/train/bus,” read the guidelines.
Airports/railway stations/bus terminals should be regularly sanitised/disinfected and availability of soaps and sanitisers shall be ensured, the Health Ministry said.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri also shared the Health Ministry’s guidelines, urging travellers to follow the norms.
“According to the guidelines, asymptomatic domestic passengers will be permitted to go with the advice that they shall self-monitor their health for 14 days. In case, they develop any symptoms, they shall inform the district surveillance officer or the state/national call center,” Puri tweeted.
In case of international travellers, they shall give an undertaking that they would undergo mandatory quarantine for 14 days including 7 days paid institutional quarantine at their own cost, followed by 7 days isolation at home with self-monitoring of health.
At the time of boarding the flight/ship, only asymptomatic travellers will be allowed to board after thermal screening.
“Passengers arriving through the land borders will also have to undergo the same protocol as above, and only those who are asymptomatic will be enabled to cross the border into India,” read the guidelines.
In another tweet, Puri informed that home quarantine may be permitted for international travellers for 14 days, only for exceptional and compelling reasons such as cases of human distress, pregnancy, death in family, serious illness and parent(s) accompanied by children below 10 years, as assessed by the receiving states.
The minister further said that prescribed clinical protocol will be followed in case any domestic or international traveller shows symptoms of COVID19. “States can also develop their own protocol for quarantine & isolation as per their own assessment,” he said.
