Mumbai
Barely a couple of hours just after the CM Uddhav Thackeray announced imposition of evening curfew, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation has released quarantine suggestions for passengers arriving from the United Kingdom. These suggestions are element of measures of caution to protect against the spread of new mutant coronavirus in Mumbai.
BMC Commissioner Iqbal Chahal, who signed the guidelines, mentioned all the passengers arriving from the UK straight or by way of indirect flights have to be subjected to mandatory institutional quarantine at their personal price in the nearby hostels for seven days. If the passenger is discovered symptomatic on arrival then he will be shifted straight to Seven Hills Hospital for additional evaluation and remedy.
On arrival, no RT-PCR test will be performed. However, RT-PCR test will be performed in the course of 5th to 7th day at the hotels at the price of the quarantined passengers. If the report of the test is discovered unfavorable, the passenger would be discharged from the institutional quarantine just after 5 to 7 days with the guidance of 7 days mandatory Home Quarantine. If the test outcome is discovered good but asymptomatic then he will be continued in the similar hotel in quarantine or in the Covid 19 hospital till 14 days.
Further, arrangements will be created by Greatest to transport the flyers from the UK by direct or indirect flights to the hotels. Arrangements of 800 rooms will be essential on December 21 for passengers from the UK. The hotel charges will be borne by them as per the decision of hotels.
The passports of all the passengers will be deposited with the hotel and returned at the time of discharge from the hotel quarantine. The Mumbai International Airport Ltd will provide PPE kits to immigration officers and every person working on the airport. The arrangement for the testing of these passengers will be created by way of linking of private laboratories to the quarantine hotels and the similar will be charged to the passengers.
Mumbai Suburban District Collector will monitor the operations and depute appropriate teams for the monitoring. These suggestions are applicable to all passengers arriving at Mumbai International Airport from the UK irrespective of their additional travel plans.