Covid-19: India imposes 14-day quarantine on shipping vessels from China

India has imposed a 14-day quarantine on shipping vessels arriving from any port in China and any nation affected from coronavirus. The vessels arriving after 14 days of departure from a coronavirus-infected country are, however, not required to comply with the additional precautionary measures. Stoppages of a vessel at any port of the affected countries only for refuelling will not be considered for the calculation of 14 days.

These are part of the Directorate General of Shipping’s (DGS’s) guidelines for the ports in the country to deal with vessels and people on-board in light of the coronavirus pandemic. 

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