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Seven-day home quarantine in Mumbai for passengers arriving from Dubai

As many as 88 people had tested positive for Omicron in Maharashtra until Thursday, including 35 in Mumbai

Air passengers lined up at a terminal at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai (Photo: PTI)
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Air passengers lined up at a terminal at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai (Photo: PTI)

BS Reporter Mumbai
Passengers arriving from Dubai will have to take up seven-day home quarantine in Mumbai, said an order by the western city’s municipality on Friday.

While passengers from twelve “countries at risk” are required to undergo home quarantine as per central government directions, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) extended the home quarantine for Dubai returnees to contain the spread of Omicron variant of Covid-19.

Dubai is a hub for international travel and passengers take connecting flights from there to Mumbai, said BMC I S Chahal in his order.

As many as 88 people had tested positive for Omicron in Maharashtra until Thursday, including 35

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