The Delhi Government on Thursday issued a “revised order” on guidelines for handling of passengers from abroad arriving at the Delhi airport.
As per the fresh guidelines, passengers will be quarantined in paid institutional quarantine centres for 14 days after the arrival as per the protocol. The earlier order issued on Wednesday had given an option of home quarantine or Government quarantine facility, which is free, as an option for passengers to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine.
There will be 20 medical teams — four each from three corporations and NDMC and four teams from RTRM Hospital — for the handling of passengers.
According to orders signed by Delhi Health Secretary Padmini Singla, The rooms would be paid quarantine facilities. As many as 850 rooms were in the luxury hotels, like Svelte, Le Meridien, Red Fox and ibis, in aero city and other parts of the city, the official added.
While it is yet to reveal the number of passengers staying in Delhi but government has made arrangements for 1200 patients.
On Thursday, the Centre started the operation to bring back Indians stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown. Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express will start the first phase of the mission and operate 64 flights in seven days to bring back 14,800 Indians from 12 countries
They will be arriving at different cities, including Delhi.
On Wednesday issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) for handling the returnees at the Delhi airport. The detailed list of passengers with passport data, arrival date and time would be shared with the Delhi nodal official by the MEA-appointed nodal official a day in advance for better coordination with different states' resident commissioners and nodal officer.