Kumbh Returnees Arriving In Delhi, Be Careful To Provide These Details Or End Up In 14-Day Institutional Quarantine

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New Delhi: Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has introduced that residents of the nationwide capital, coming back from Haridwar after attending Kumbh Mela, must mandatorily keep in house quarantine for 14 days after return.

This order comes as a number of states brace themselves to cope with the potential Covid unfold after lakhs of devotees who attended Kumbh return again house.

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All Delhi residents, who visited Haridwar’s Kumbh from April until in the present day are required to add particulars equivalent to title, Delhi handle, contact quantity, ID proof, date of departure from Delhi, and arrival on the hyperlink at Delhi authorities portal (www.delhi.gov.in).

Locals who’re planning to or can be travelling in the present day up until April 30 are additionally required to offer the stated info on the federal government’s web site.

Those who fail to offer these particulars earlier than return to Delhi can be despatched to an institutional quarantine centre for 14 days. “If it is found that any such resident of Delhi who has returned to Delhi after visiting Kumbh 2021, has not uploaded the requisite details, he/she shall be sent to the Institutional Government Quarantine Centre for 14 days,” the order reads.

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Maharashtra which has already been battling a critical Covid-19 state of affairs for some time can be involved over the matter. In a dialog with ANI, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar was quoted as saying: “Those returning from Kumbh Mela to their respective states will distribute Coronavirus as ‘prasad'”.

Meanwhile, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday introduced that pilgrims coming back from Kumbh Mela will not be given direct entry into their villages and cities as they may first, endure RT-PCR take a look at for Covid-19 after which can be quarantined and remoted for 14 days in case they’re discovered constructive.

While briefing the media in Jamnagar on Saturday, the Gujarat CM stated: “The administration is doing all it can to curb the spread of the coronavirus and ensure that minimum people gets infected in the state. In this context, all the returnees from the Kumbh Mela will not be allowed a direct entry into the villages and towns”.

“Every one of them will be RT-PCR tested and if found positive, will be isolated for 14 days before letting them go to their places. We have instructed all the district collectors regarding this decision so that the administration can prepare itself for such entrants and ensure that such people do not get access to their villages and towns,” the CM added.

(With Inputs From Agencies)



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