Delhi Makes 14-Day Institutional Quarantine Mandatory For People Arriving From Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Mumbai: Delhi government on Thursday, has issued an order by stating that the people arriving in the national capital from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana through any mode of transport will have to undergo 14 days of mandatory institutional quarantine.
However, those who have been administered both doses of any COVID vaccine or carry a negative RT-PCR test report not older than 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey, will be required to be home quarantined for seven days, it said.
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The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) stated in the order that a virulent variant of COVID-19 is reported to have been found recently in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The new strain of COVID-19 has a shorter incubation period with a high transmission rate and the progress of the disease is much more rapid in this strain, it said.
“All persons arriving from the state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in NCT of Delhi by airlines, trains, buses, cars, trucks or any other mode of transportation shall have to undergo mandatory government institutional quarantine or paid quarantine for 14 days at facilities established by the concerned district magistrate,” stated the order.
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Meanwhile, District magistrates in the national capital will ensure compliance of instructions in the order and take the necessary action as per health protocol, SOPs prevailing in Delhi with regard to screening, testing, home quarantine, isolation, surveillance of such people.
As per the Union Health Ministry, there are currently 91,859 active cases in Delhi. As many as 11,43,980 recoveries and 18,063 deaths have been reported so far.
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