7-day home quarantine must for all from abroad

They will have to undergo RT-PCR on 8th day

All international air passengers arriving in the State will have to undergo a mandatory seven-day home quarantine and an RT-PCR test on the eight day, Health Minister Veena George has said. This was as per the new guidelines issued by the Centre, she said here on Friday.

Home quarantine guidelines were also being tightened according to the Centre’s directives, Ms. George said.

Of the 280 Omicron cases of COVID-19 detected in the State so far, 186 were passengers from “low risk” nations, 64 from “high risk” nations and 30 were contacts of primary cases. Earlier, those flying into the State from low-risk nations were only required to undergo self observation rather than mandatory quarantine. But with more Omicron cases detected in this category of travellers, the State too had placed the demand that mandatory home quarantine be advised for all travellers.