UT to follow Centre’s directions on fliers

THE RULES

CHANDIGARH: UT administrator VP Singh Badnore at a war room meeting on Sunday decided that the UT administration will be following the Centre’s guidelines on managing domestic fliers and foreign returnees.

UT adviser Manoj Kumar Parida said, “Asymptomatic domestic passengers can go home and self-monitor health for 14 days. Screening will be done, details of passengers will be kept and undertaking taken from them at the airport.”

Symptomatic fliers will be taken to the nearest health facility. Those with moderate or severe symptoms will be admitted. Those with mild symptoms will be tested and given the option of isolation at home or at a quarantine facility.

Those returning from abroad will now be quarantined in a hotel for seven days and if found negative, will be allowed to home quarantine for seven days.

In May, 44 people have returned from abroad. After a gap of two months, Chandigarh international airport will resume

Asymptomatic domestic fliers can go home and self monitor health for 14 days after getting screened and submitting an undertaking at the airport

Those returning from abroad will now be quarantined in a hotel for only seven days, tested, and if found Covid-negative, will be allowed to self-quarantine at home for the next seven days

operations with 13 domestic flights, seven of which will start from Monday, two on May 27 and four on June 1.

MOHALI ADMN ISSUES GUIDELINES TOO

Mohali deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan issued orders that all passengers belonging to Punjab shall be tested on landing at the Chandigarh airport.

They will undergo mandatory home quarantine for 14 days from the date of arrival. In case positive, they will be admitted.