Lakshadweep admn does away with quarantine system in Kochi, on islands

By Express News Service
KOCHI: The Lakshadweep administration has completed away with the quarantine association in Kochi in addition to on the islands, in a transfer to open up extra financial and livelihood actions for the native inhabitants.

“With this proactive and progressive resumption of activities, anyone can visit the islands from the mainland with a Covid-negative report after RT-PCR tests obtained 48 hours before the travel,” an official launch stated.

The new guidelines got here into impact from December 28, it stated. “Initially, the local people had expressed certain concerns about the revised SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) but with each passing day, the people have started reposing faith in the administration and adopted Covid-appropriate behaviour such as wearing masks, use of hand sanitiser and ensuring social distancing in public places across the Union Territory,” the discharge stated.

Moreover, the administration has taken all precautionary measures in view of the revised SOP by placing a system in place in Kochi, Beypore and Mangaluru for strict surveillance and monitoring the motion of males and supplies from these entry factors to the islands.

Considering the prevailing scenario arising out of the revised SOP, Praful Patel, administrator, UT of Lakshadweep, has appealed to all residents to stay peaceable and observe the revised SOP in letter and spirit in order that “together we can keep Lakshadweep Covid free” within the days to come back.