NEW DELHI: Passengers arriving from at-risk countries and testing positive on arrival in India will be treated as per protocol and will not necessarily be admitted to an isolation facility, a health ministry guideline said on Thursday.
Union Health Ministry amended the protocol for this international arrival It will come into effect from 22nd January.
Other rules and requirements essentially remain the same.
For arrivals from at-risk countries, it states: “… If such travelers are tested positive (on arrival), their samples should be sent for genomic testing to the INSACOG laboratory network. Prescribed standard protocols They will be treated/isolated accordingly.”
Current regulations (valid until Friday) require that people who test positive upon arrival from at-risk countries be “managed in an isolation facility and treated according to protocol”.
This will bring relief to such passengers as there have been many such cases globally where people boarding international flights are required to take a negative report within the required time period and still test positive on arrival at the destination.
“…In view of the changed scenario and the new guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health, including home isolation, the existing guidelines require revision,” the revised guidelines say.
Passengers found to be symptomatic during screening will be “immediately isolated and taken to a medical facility as per health protocols”.
If tested positive, their contacts will be identified and managed as per protocol.
Requirements like home quarantine for seven days, a test on the eighth day and self-monitoring of health for the next seven days will continue.
Union Health Ministry amended the protocol for this international arrival It will come into effect from 22nd January.
Other rules and requirements essentially remain the same.
For arrivals from at-risk countries, it states: “… If such travelers are tested positive (on arrival), their samples should be sent for genomic testing to the INSACOG laboratory network. Prescribed standard protocols They will be treated/isolated accordingly.”
Current regulations (valid until Friday) require that people who test positive upon arrival from at-risk countries be “managed in an isolation facility and treated according to protocol”.
This will bring relief to such passengers as there have been many such cases globally where people boarding international flights are required to take a negative report within the required time period and still test positive on arrival at the destination.
“…In view of the changed scenario and the new guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health, including home isolation, the existing guidelines require revision,” the revised guidelines say.
Passengers found to be symptomatic during screening will be “immediately isolated and taken to a medical facility as per health protocols”.
If tested positive, their contacts will be identified and managed as per protocol.
Requirements like home quarantine for seven days, a test on the eighth day and self-monitoring of health for the next seven days will continue.
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