Updated: December 21, 2020 11:05:03 pm
Neither will the movement of people be allowed after 11 at night. (File photo)
Maharashtra on Monday decided impose night curfew in all its cities starting Tuesday night. An explanation of what precipitated this movement and what travelers coming to Maharashtra should be aware of.
Why has a night curfew been imposed?
At backdrop of a new strain of coronavirus Emerging in the UK, the Maharashtra government decided on Monday to impose a night curfew on all municipal areas of the state starting Tuesday night. The curfew will be in effect from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. and will remain in effect until January 5. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, during a speech to the state on Sunday, said he was not in favor of a night curfew or other closure, as the coronavirus situation is under control, although not entirely. However, on Monday, after a meeting with senior state government officials and police, the Chief Minister announced the imposition of the night curfew.
What will be closed?
All stores, except essential services such as medical stores, must close at 11pm. All non-essential travel will not be allowed after 11pm. The state will deploy police on the road to ensure compliance. More than five people cannot gather outside during the specified hours.
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Are there restrictions for international travelers?
The government has already suspended all incoming flights from the UK. However, all those coming from Europe or the Middle East will be able to enter Maharashtra.
What are the restrictions for those flying from the UK?
The government has decided that all flights from the UK to India will be suspended from 11:59 p.m. on December 22 to 11:59 p.m. on December 31. However, there are five flights in transit that will arrive at Mumbai airport before midnight on December 22. There are 1,000 passengers on these flights. All symptomatic passengers arriving from the UK will be transferred to Seven Hills Hospital in Andheri for further tests and checks. RT-PCR tests will not be performed on arrival.
Asymptomatic passengers will be transferred to governmental / institutional quarantine. The BMC has reserved more than 2,000 rooms, including 1,000 rooms in budget hotels, for this. Passengers in institutional quarantine must undergo a mandatory RT-PCR test on days 5 and 7 of quarantine to be discharged.
Passengers will be discharged with the mandatory seven-day home quarantine notice. “The expenses of the hotels will be borne by the passengers according to their choice,” reads the civic body’s quarantine guidelines for UK travelers.
What are the restrictions for those traveling from Europe and the Middle East?
A seven-day institutional quarantine has been made mandatory for passengers arriving from other countries in Europe and the Middle East. If symptomatic, passengers from these countries will be transferred directly to GT hospital. Those who are not symptomatic will be quarantined in hotels in the city.
Passengers in institutional quarantine must undergo the mandatory RT-PCR test on days 5 and 7 to be discharged. Passengers who are discharged must complete their isolation for 14 days in home quarantine.
What are the restrictions for those flying from countries other than the UK, Europe and the Middle East?
All travelers coming from countries other than Europe and the Middle East will be sealed and must be in home quarantine.
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