The Delhi Government on Thursday extended its order pertaining to 14-day mandatory quarantine for passengers arriving in Delhi from the United Kingdom, till January 31,2021.
Earlier, the Government had tightened the Covid-19 protocol for passengers arriving from the United Kingdom (UK) at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport by ordering mandatory institutional quarantine, even for those who test negative for the disease. It may be noted that the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had tweeted the order issued by the chief secretary Vijay Dev on January 14.
“To protect Delhiites from exposure to virus from UK, Del govt takes imp decisions. All those arriving from UK, who test positive will be isolated in an isolation facility. Negative ones will be taken to a quarantine facility for 7 days followed by 7 days home quarantine’, the order stated.
In the order, the chief secretary had made it amply clear that this protocol will be strictly followed in Delhi on a trial basis for a week till January 14 and it may be extended after reviewing the prevailing ground situation.
