Isolate travellers who test Covid-positive, their contacts: Health ministry

MoHFW has directed that details of the destination address should be specified on the Air Suvidha portal

Leaving no stones unturned, the Union Health Ministry on Monday asked states to not only isolate individual travellers who test Covid-19 positive but also quarantine their contacts. Even those passengers who have tested negative for Covid infection, must be followed up by the state surveillance units on specific intervals if found symptomatic.
 
These stringent guidelines came in from the health ministry after reports suggested that a 32-year-old man who had returned to his Dombivli home (on the outskirts of Mumbai) from Cape Town via Dubai and Delhi had tested Covid-positive. He was picked up from his Mumbai home on