Maharashtra’s moveThe Maharashtra government has issued strict guidelines for international passengers, requiring all those arriving from “at-risk” countries from December 3 to undergo mandatory institutional quarantine for one week. These guidelines require only passengers from “at-risk” countries to undergo the RT-PCR test, and ask for institutional quarantine only if someone tests positive. Europe and 10 countries are on the Health Ministry’s “at-risk” countries for which there are stricter testing norms. As per the Health Ministry guidelines, they are required to wait until they get their test results before leaving the airport premises and taking a connecting flight. Test results taken between one hour and six hours depending on whether passengers were opting for RT-PCR test and rapid PCR test.

Source: The Hindu December 02, 2021 01:11 UTC