477 passengers from Europe and Middle East remoted in Mumbai

Image Source : FILE PHOTO 477 passengers from Europe and Middle East remoted in Mumbai A complete of 477 out of the 868 passengers who landed in Mumbai from Europe and the Middle East on December 26 have been quarantined in Mumbai, an official mentioned on Sunday. These 868 passengers landed from 11 worldwide flights, he mentioned. “Out of the 868 passengers landed on Saturday from Europe and the Middle East, 477 passengers were quarantined in Mumbai while 385 were sent to other states. Six passengers were exempted from (institutional) quarantine,” the official added. As per the revised pointers issued by the Mumbai civic physique in view of the emergence of a brand new coronavirus variant within the UK, all passengers arriving from England, Europe and the Middle East should keep in quarantine for 14 days. India has already suspended flights to and from the UK. As per the amended Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) issued earlier within the day, travellers shall be saved beneath institutional quarantine after arrival and RT-PCR take a look at shall be carried out on the seventh day from the arrival on the respective resorts, institutional services at their very own coast. “If the report of the test is found negative, the passenger would be discharged from the institutional quarantine after seven days with the advice of seven days mandatory home quarantine. A total of 14 days quarantine is to be ensured,” the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) mentioned in a launch. As per the rules, dwelling quarantine stamp shall be put and enterprise shall be taken from the travellers that they’ll abide to be in dwelling quarantine. Institutional quarantine is exempted for officers working in international embassies and in places of work of counsel basic, it added. Latest India News