Omicron scare: Maharashtra issues new guidelines, 7-day institutional quarantine for those arriving from 'at risk' countries

All passengers from 'at-risk' countries shall have to undergo mandatory 7-day institutional quarantine and RT-PCR test to be carried out on days 2, 4 and 7 for these passengers, the new guidelines said.

Mumbai: Maharashtra government has issued stringent guidelines for air travel in view of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. 

The Omnicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has been detected the South Africa and some other countries and has been declared as a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation. The Government of India has declared some countries as countries "at-risk". 

In wake of the same, in order to restrict the transmission of the said virus variant into the State, in exercise of the powers conferred under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the undersigned in the capacity of the Chairperson of the State Executive Committee of the State Disaster Management Authority declared with immediate effect, the restrictions on air travel into the state.