Isolation not must for foreign arrivals testing positive: Govt

In its revised norms for international passengers, government has removed the clause that mandated staying at ‘isolation facility’ upon arrival

Travellers arriving in India from any country who will test positive for COVID-19 shall be treated/isolated as per the laid down standard protocol and will not mandatorily be managed at an isolation facility, authorities have said. According to the revised ‘Guidelines for International Arrivals’ released on Thursday, the new norm will apply from January 22 till further order. The rest of the provisions have remained the same in the revised guidelines. 

Passengers found to be symptomatic during screening shall be immediately isolated and taken to a medical facility as per health protocol. If tested positive, their contacts shall be identified and managed as per protocol. 

A health worker takes a swab sample of a woman, in Hyderabad on Friday. Pic/PTI

Foreign arrivals who test positive will still have to undergo home quarantine for seven days even after they test negative and undertake RT-PCR test on the 8th day of arrival in India.

In another development, personal data of thousands of people in India has been leaked from a government server which includes their name, mobile number, address and COVID test result. This information can be accessed through online search. 

A teenager receives a vaccine dose, in Patna on Friday. Pic/PTI

The leaked data has been put on sale on Raid Forums website where a cybercriminal claims to have personal data of over 20,000 people. The data put on Raid Forums shows name, age, gender, mobile number, address, date and result of Covid-19 report of these people. 

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National recovery rate

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L-G rejects plan to ease curbs in Delhi

New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Friday binned the government’s proposal to lift weekend curfew in the national capital and ease curbs. He allowed private offices to reopen with 50% capacity.

Karnataka to lift weekend curfew

The Karnataka government on Friday decided to lift the weekend curfew that was in place to arrest COVID cases. But the night curfew hours between 10 pm and 5 am on other days will continue.

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