New Delhi (NVI): Universal screening of all passengers coming from Australia, United Kingdom and the United States will be done at 30 designated airports in India and assess their risk profile for their quarantine or isolation, the Union Health Ministry has announced.
The Health Ministry has released a directive in this regard to all the chief secretaries, airport health organisations and officers concerned, saying universal screening is being expanded in view of rise in number of cases and deaths being reported in these countries.
Universal screening extended to all passengers from Australia, UK and USA, along with risk profiling them.#SwasthaBharat#IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/VxQf1Zqqio
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) March 20, 2020
Passengers arriving from 12 countries including China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Nepal, and Indonesia are already being screened.
Till now, a total of 271 positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in India, according to Indian Council of Medical Research.
