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Delhi Airport: Chaos over revised COVID-19 rules for UK returnees

Delhi Airport: Chaos over revised COVID-19 rules for UK returnees
Written by Ramya Patelkhana
Jan 10, 2021, 01:12 am 3 min read
Delhi Airport: Chaos over revised COVID-19 rules for UK returnees
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As India-UK flights resumed on Friday, chaos ensued at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport after last-minute revisions to COVID-19 testing and isolation rules were made for passengers arriving from the UK. After landing, passengers learned of the Delhi Government's new rules mandating those returning from the UK to undergo coronavirus testing on arrival and remain under institutional quarantine even if found negative. Here's more.

Details
14-day mandatory institutional isolation if found COVID-19 positive

The revised rules were tweeted by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal reportedly after Air India's flight AI 112 departed from London, directing UK returnees to undergo RT-PCR tests on arrival and remain in 14-day mandatory institutional isolation if found positive. The rules also require passengers to stay in 7-day institutional quarantine followed by an equal period of home isolation even if they are found negative.

Announcement
'To protect Delhiites from exposure to virus from UK'

Notifying the new rules at 2:30 pm on Twitter, Kejriwal wrote, "To protect Delhiites from exposure to virus from UK, Del govt takes imp decisions (sic)." "All those arriving from UK, who test positive will be isolated in an isolation facility. Negative ones will be taken to a quarantine facility for 7 days followed by 7 days home quarantine," he added.

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Take a look at Kejriwal's announcement on Twitter

To protect Delhiites from exposure to virus from UK, Del govt takes imp decisions.

All those arriving from UK, who test positive will be isolated in an isolation facility. Negative ones will be taken to a quarantine facility for 7 days followed by 7 days home quarantine pic.twitter.com/hYDsaOn8q1

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 8, 2021
Frustrated passengers
A video showed angry passengers gathered around an airport desk

Delhi's new rules reportedly also require passengers to take additional RT-PCR tests even if they were tested before boarding the flight in the UK and spend up to 10 hours inside the airport. A 34-second video on Friday midnight also showed angry passengers, who landed around 10:30am, gathered around a desk at the airport as police and airport officials try to calm them down.

Announcement
Pre-flight announcements were made, says Air India

Kejriwal's tweet issuing the new rules came after his appeal on Thursday to the Centre to extend the ban on UK flights until January 31 amid fears over the spread of the new mutant strain failed. While passengers said they were unaware of the new rules, Air India tweeted that pre-flight announcements were made and 20 passengers dropped out due to the revised rules.

Twitter Post
Here's what Air India tweeted

#FlyAI :The Govt of NCT of Delhi mandated additional measures in its latest guidelines for passengers arriving from UK. "All travellers coming from United Kingdom (UK) to India from 08.01.21 would be mandatorily subjected to self paid RTPCR tests on arrival at the airport.(1/6) pic.twitter.com/JpE5T3e8qg

— Air India (@airindiain) January 8, 2021
Passengers
Two passengers onboard AI 112 tested positive so far

As many as 256 passengers were onboard AI 112, the first flight that landed after the ban on India-UK flights was lifted, and two of them tested positive for coronavirus. Genome sequencing is required to confirm if the two coronavirus-positive passengers were infected by the new, highly contagious UK strain. While 222 passengers tested negative, the test results of 32 others were awaited.

Cases
One in 30 people in London has COVID-19: Mayor

To note, Delhi's total number of COVID-19 cases is around 4,200, including over a dozen of the more infectious UK strain. Across the country, there were around 2.25 lakh active cases on Friday morning, of which 82 were of the new UK variant. On Friday, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, declaring a "major incident," said one in 30 people in the UK capital had COVID-19.

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Ramya Patelkhana is a senior editor at NewsBytes. She has nearly seven years of experience in digital journalism and has previously worked with India News and Authint Media. She has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, and an advanced diploma in Media Studies from IPW, New Delhi.
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