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The government on Sunday issued a new Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for the return of Indians stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lock, saying that it will be a paid service and preference will be given to people in danger, including those who have lost their jobs, and pregnant women.
A similar SOP was also issued by the government for those who are trapped in India and the desire to travel abroad.
According to the latest SOP, all travellers have to give an undertaking that they would submit to mandatory quarantine for 14 days. It will be seven days of paid institutional quarantine at its own cost, followed by seven days of isolation in his home with self-monitoring of health.
Only for exceptional and compelling reasons, such as the cases of human anxiety, pregnancy, death of a family member, serious illness and the parent(s) accompanied by children under the age of 10 years, according to the evaluation of host countries, home quarantine may be allowed for 14 days and the use of ‘Aarogya respective eras application will be mandatory in such cases, he said.
According to the SOP issued in advance by the MHA May 5, the institutional, the quarantine period was 14 days and 14 days was quarantined at home, while ‘Aarogya respective eras application mandatory for all international arrivals.The cool of the SOP, said the states and UTs can also develop their own protocol.
Priority will be given to the persuasive arguments in distress, including migrant workers, workers who have been laid off, short-term visa holders in front of expiry of the visa, persons with medical emergencies, pregnant women, the elderly, forced to return to India, due to the death of a family member, and students, the SOP, he said.
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