New Delhi Airport guidelines: Passengers arriving by international flights must undergo 7 days quarantine

It’s been a while since India started domestic flight operations and while the international flights are yet to resume, some flights are being allowed to land as special cases. For such passengers, Delhi airport has released a fresh set of guidelines, making it mandatory for them to undergo an institutional quarantine of seven days at their own cost. This has to be followed by 7 days of home quarantine. 

An undertaking that passengers accept this obligation is signed by the individual or head of the family and retained by the overseas mission/embassy before the booking is confirmed.  

In case the passenger is planning to stay on in Delhi NCR, they will have to undergo the mandatory health screening which includes a primary screening by Airport Health Officials (APHO). This includes thermal temperature screening by discreetly mounted, highly accurate, mass screening cameras.

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The guidelines further ask passengers to fill health self-declaration forms. These forms will be collected on arrival. To save time, complete the forms whilst onboard the flight. Passengers will also be required to undergo a secondary screening at the Delhi Government post which they will be allowed to proceed to the approved quarantine location. 

The State Health officials from States of UP /Punjab/Haryana/ Rajasthan and Uttarakhand are positioned at the separate Triage facilities created at Meeters and Greeters area and passengers belonging to these states are mandated to report directly at the respective State posts. 

Passengers upon arriving at the first airport of disembarkation in India are advised to be quarantined at the city of arrival.

The exemption can only be given to passengers if they fall into one of the four categories - Pregnant women, Suffered a death in the family, Suffering from serious illness (Description to be provided) and Parents accompanied by children below 10 years.