Many States are simply following the Union Health Ministry’s guidelines for arriving air passengers, but Karnataka will require travellers boarding from such “high-risk States” as Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to undergo seven days of institutional quarantine on arrival in Bengaluru.
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As air travel resumes in the country on Monday, passengers will be tested for COVID-19 from the fifth to seventh day of arrival, a Karnataka official said. If they test negative, these passengers will be asked to follow seven days of home quarantine. However, exemptions have been given to pregnant women, children below 10 and others. Asymptomatic passengers arriving from other States will be asked to follow 14 days of home quarantine.
In Kerala, flyers will undergo thermal screening once they exit the aircraft. Those found asymptomatic will be subjected to home quarantine for 14 days. Those found symptomatic will be rushed from airports to a COVID-19 care centre or hospital.
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Gujarat will not require quarantine for asymptomatic passengers . “We are following the government of India’s protocols for domestic travellers departing from or arriving at airports in Gujarat,” Secretary (Civil Aviation) Mamta Verma said.
In north India, Delhi, Chandigarh, Madhya Pr