The Delhi government on Thursday extended its order related to 14-day quarantine for passengers arriving from the UK in the national capital till January 31.
Earlier, the administration had decided to clamp down on travellers coming from the United Kingdom with a mandatory seven-day institutional quarantine and a seven-day home quarantine even if they test negative for COVID-19 on arrival.
“To protect Delhiites from exposure to the virus from the UK, the Delhi government has taken important decisions. Travellers coming from the UK will have to mandatorily undergo a self-paid RT-PCR test on arrival at the airport,” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwl had said on Friday.
“All those arriving from UK who test positive will be isolated at an isolation facility. Negative ones will be taken to a quarantine facility for seven days, followed by seven days of home quarantine,” the Delhi Chief Minister added.
On December 23, the central government suspended flights…
