RT-PCR test, institutional quarantine: Centre releases guidelines for flyers from UK
The ban on flights from the UK comes into effect from December 23 and will continue till December 31, as per the current orders.
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Passengers from UK being taken to quarentine centre after one of them tested positive with new Covid strain on Tuesday (Photo | EPS/Ashwin Prasath)
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NEW DELHI: A day after announcing a temporary ban on flights from the UK, where a new variant of coronavirus is creating havoc, the Centre on Tuesday issued a detailed guideline to states to identify and isolate Covid-19 patients who may have arrived from the island nation.
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New Delhi:
RT-PCR testing on arrival, separate isolation of those testing positive for the new variant of coronavirus, institutional quarantine for co-passengers of those testing positive: These are some of the salient requirements mentioned in the new standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by the government of India today for travelers arriving from the UK. The SOP was published in the wake of growing fears around the new mutant variant of coronavirus detected recently in that country.
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. Updated: 22 Dec 2020, 09:28 PM IST PTI
There is no need to panic but there is cause to be more vigilant, said NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr V K Paul
The positive samples were sent to the National Centre for Disease Control for research on the new strain using next-gen sequencing technology which will help understand the implications on ongoing vaccine efficacy
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New Delhi: At least 20 passengers from the UK tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday as the government issued a stringent set of SOPs mandating RT-PCR tests at airports for each traveller from the country and isolation in a separate unit of an institutional facility for positive cases in view of the new coronavirus strain.
20 UK flyers found positive as Indian airports launch mass campaign to contain new Covid strain
20 UK flyers found positive as Indian airports launch mass campaign to contain new Covid strain
Airports across India have gone into high alert mode after a new, 70% more transmissible strain of coronavirus was discovered in the UK. Here is how India is preparing itself against the new Covid strain.
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December 22, 2020
UPDATED: December 22, 2020 22:54 IST
Nearly 70 flights between India and the UK have been cancelled during this period. (Photo: PTI)
There is a growing concern over a new and more infectious strain of coronavirus in the United Kingdom, prompting several countries to impose limited or comprehensive travel bans.