Delhi government mandates 7-day home quarantine for all travellers
The Delhi government has changed the rules for all domestic travellers coming to Delhi from outside. The Delhi government has issued
New Delhi: The Delhi government has changed the rules for all domestic travellers coming to Delhi from outside. The Delhi government has issued an order in this regard. Now any asymptomatic traveller entering Delhi will have to quarantine himself for seven days.
Earlier, the Delhi government had only advised such passengers to monitor themselves for the next 14 days on arrival in Delhi and if any symptoms were found, they would call the District Monitoring Officer or the National Call Center.
An order issued by Vijay Dev, Chief Secretary, Delhi and Chairman, Executive Committee, Delhi Disaster Management Authority, said that the Airports, Railways and Transport Departments would submit daily passenger information to the Principal Secretary, Revenue.
The order came on a day when a record 1513 cases of corona virus were reported in Delhi.