No quarantine for biz flyers if they have -ve Covid test

International passengers on business trips to Telangana state with return tickets within four days of their arrival will not be quarantined at all if they show their negative RT-PCR report conducted within 96 hours prior to departure.

With the government relaxing the norms for passengers travelling by Vande Bharat or Air Transport Bubble flights, the asymptomatic international passengers flying to Hyderabad can now head to their homes provided they meet the criteria laid down by the state government.

As per the latest guidelines of the state government, in line with the order of the Union home ministry, various relaxations have been provided to asymptomatic international arrival passengers.

Asymptomatic passengers travelling with negative RT-PCR test report conducted within 96 hours prior to departure will be exempted from institutional quarantine and will undergo 14 days of home quarantine.

Special consideration of 14 days of home quarantine has been mandated for some categories of asymptomatic passengers without negative RT-PCR test report. These include expectant women, parents travelling with children 10 years or below or those travelling on medical emergencies.

The other asymptomatic passengers without negative RT-PCR test results will have to undergo seven days of institutional quarantine followed by a week of home quarantine.

Currently, the Shamshabad airport is connected with the UK and the UAE under the air bubble agreements. British Airways has resumed operations to London four times a week. Other airlines operating between Hyderabad and UAE — Etihad, Emirates and Flydubai — are likely to resume their operations shortly.

Apart from that the airport is handling charter flights under Vande Bharat Mission which includes Air India flights and foreign airlines as per the regulatory norms. From the time of the lockdown till date over 55000 Indian citizens stranded at foreign countries have arrived in the city and over 10,000 people of various nationalities have departed from Hyderabad.

● Asymptomatic passengers without negative RT-PCR test face a week each of institutional and home quarantine.