Omicron scare: BMC mandates 7-day home quarantine for passengers from at risk countries
Mumbai, Dec 04: The Mumbai civic body (BMC) has mandated seven-day home quarantine of people arriving in the city from high-risk countries amid global concerns over the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
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The BMC issued this order on Friday as Mumbai international airport caters to thousands of travellers on a daily basis.
The
civic
body's
order
said
that
with
the
coordination
of
the
airport
authorities,
the
BMC
will
everyday
receive
a
list
of
passengers,
who
arrive
from
the
countries
defined
as
"high-risk"
or
"at
risk".
The
list
will
also
include
the
detailed
address
and
contact
numbers
of
these
travellers.
"The BMC will get the list at 10 am daily, after which its staff will contact the passengers to inform them to remain home quarantined for the next seven days. Adherence to the home quarantine order is mandatory and the passengers will be shifted to government-run institutions if they are found violatingit," it said.
"An RT-PCR test will be conducted after seven days and necessary steps will be taken accordingly," the order added. The Omicron strain, first detected in South Africa, has been classified as a 'variant of concern' by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The first cases of Omicron variant in India have been confirmed in two individuals in Karnataka.