Home Isolation In Case Of Inter State Journey In India As per GOI Rule?

According to GOI rules, how many days are necessary for home isolation in the case of an interstate travel in India?

Introduction

The global trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to fall, with some local variations.The necessity to monitor the constantly changing nature of the virus and the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) must continue to be emphasised. The current standards for overseas arrivals in India were developed using a risk-based approach.(Home Isolation In Case Of Inter State Journey In India As per GOI Rule?) The previous criteria have been changed in light of the World Health Organization's classification of a new variation of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.1.529; called Omicron) as a Variant of Concern.

Home Isolation In Case Of Inter State Journey In India As per GOI Rule?

Scope

This paper contains protocols for overseas travellers as well as those for airlines and all points of entry (airports, seaports and land border).

This Standard Operating Procedure is effective as of January 11, 2022 (00.01 Hrs IST) and will remain in effect until additional directives are issued. This document will be evaluated on a regular basis based on the risk assessment.

1. Travel Planning

• Every traveller should

a. Complete and truthful information must be submitted in self-declaration form on the online Air

Suvidha (https://www.newdelhiairport.in/airsuvidha/apho-registration) portal

before to anticipated trip, including travel data from the previous 14 days

• Submit a COVID-19 RT-PCR report that is negative*. The exam should have been completed within 72 hours before embarking on the excursion.

• Each passenger must additionally produce a declaration attesting to the ticket's validity.

If it is discovered that the report was falsified, the person will face criminal charges.

• They shall also provide an undertaking to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, either through the site or otherwise.

The Government of India, through involved airlines, must approve the flights before they may take place.

Home Isolation In Case Of Inter State Journey In India As per GOI Rule?

voyage, they agreed to follow the decision of the competent government authority to

When needed, undergo home/institutional quarantine/self-health monitoring

• Continuing with the previous strategy, travellers from certain countries are identified for extra follow-up (depending on the epidemiological state of COVID-19 in those countries). These include the necessity for further measures, which are discussed in detail in paragraph (xviii) below. The listing of such specified countries is a dynamic process based on the developing condition of COVID-19 across the world, and it will be made available on the websites of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (mohfw.gov.in), with a link to the Ministry of External Affairs.

Affairs, as well as the Air Suvidha Portal.

• All travellers who must undergo testing upon arrival should, if possible, pre-book the test.

To assist speedy testing, the Air Suvidha Portal is now available online.

Home Isolation In Case Of Inter State Journey In India As per GOI Rule?

2. Prior to Boarding

• Passengers originating or transiting through at-risk countries must be advised by airlines that they will be subjected to post-arrival testing, quarantine if negative, strict isolation procedures if positive, and so on, as specified in para (xviii).

• The airlines/agencies in question must offer travellers with Do's and Don'ts along with their tickets.

• Airlines will only allow passengers to board who have completed the Self Declaration Form on the Air Suvidha portal and submitted the negative RT-PCR test report.

• Only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the plane after thermal scanning.

• All passengers should be encouraged to download the Aarogya Setu app to

their mobile devices.

Home Isolation In Case Of Inter State Journey In India As per GOI Rule?

3. While Travelling

• COVID-19 notification in-flight, including preventive steps to be taken

• should be made at airports, on flights, and while in transit

• During flight, the crew must guarantee that COVID proper behaviour is observed at all times.

• If any passenger exhibits COVID-19 symptoms during the trip, he or she will be quarantined in accordance with protocol.

• Airlines shall make appropriate in-flight notifications about the testing.

• criteria, as well as the persons who must go through such tests in order to avoid any congestion at the

airports of arrival

4 When you arrive

• De-boarding should be performed to assure physical separation.

• Health officials would conduct thermal screening on all passengers.

accessible from the airport At the airport, the online self-declaration form must be presented.

Home Isolation In Case Of Inter State Journey In India As per GOI Rule?

medical personnel

• Passengers who exhibit symptoms during screening must be immediately segregated and sent to a medical institution in accordance with health procedure. If they test positive, their interactions will be terminated.

detected and maintained in accordance with the procedure#

• Travellers from certain high-risk countries [listed in paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above] will adhere to the policy outlined below:

• At the moment of arrival, submit a sample for a post-arrival COVID-19 test* (self-paid).

Before departing or connecting, such travellers will be required to wait for the results of their tests at the arrival airport.

• If they test negative, they will be placed in home quarantine for 7 days and will be subjected to an RT PCR test on the eighth day of their arrival in India*.

• Travellers must additionally upload the findings of the repeat RT-PCR test for COVID-19 performed on the eighth day to the Air Suvidha site (which will be monitored by the individual States/UTs).

• If the results are negative, they will continue to self-monitor their health for the next 7 days.

• If such travellers are found to be positive, their samples should be transferred to the INSACOG laboratory network for genetic testing.

• They must be handled in an isolation facility and treated in accordance with the established protocol.

as well as the contact tracking stated in para (xvii).

• The contacts of such a positive case should be subjected to home quarantine and closely monitored.

rigorously by the concerned state government in accordance with the protocol.

• Travellers from countries other than those mentioned in paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above shall follow the process outlined below:

a. A portion (2% of total aircraft passengers) must undertake post-arrival testing.

Arrival at the airport is at random.

• The affected carriers must identify the 2% of such passengers on each journey (preferably from different countries).

• Laboratories must analyse samples from such travellers first.

• All travellers (including the 2% who were randomly selected for random testing at arrival and

• were proven to be negative) will be quarantined at home for 7 days and must undergo

The RT-PCR test was performed on the eighth day of my arrival in India*.

• Travellers must additionally provide the results of a repeat RT-PCR test for COVID-19.

• completed on the eighth day via the Air Suvidha portal (to be monitored by the individual states/UTs).

• If the results are negative, they will continue to self-monitor their health for the next 7 days.

• If such travellers are found to be positive, their samples should be transferred to the INSACOG laboratory network for genetic testing.

• They must be handled in an isolation unit and treated in accordance with the established standards.

The protocol, which includes contact tracing, is discussed in para (xvii).

• If travellers are subjected to home quarantine or self-health monitoring, they may acquire signs and symptoms.

They shall promptly self-isolate and report to their nearest health institution or call National helpline number (1075)/ State helpline number (1075) if they have symptoms indicative of COVID-19 or if they re-test positive for COVID-19.

Phone number for assistance.

International arrivals at seaports/land ports

• International visitors arriving at seaports/land ports will also be subjected to the

identical process as before, except that no online registration capability is offered for such

at the moment, travellers

• Such travellers must submit the self-declaration form to the appropriate authorities.

On arrival, the Government of India would be present at seaports and land ports.

• Pre- and post-arrival testing is not available to children under the age of five.

• However, if they are discovered to be symptomatic for COVID-19 upon arrival or during the home quarantine period, they will be tested and treated according to the protocol.

• Co-passengers sat in the same row, three rows in front and three rows behind, as well as recognised Cabin Crew, are the suspect case's contacts. In addition, all community contacts of those travellers who tested positive (during the home quarantine period) would be quarantined for 14 days and tested in accordance with ICMR policy.