Returning to Karnataka from other states: New quarantine guidelines
Bengaluru : The Karnataka government has announced a new set of guidelines for the travellers who are returning to the stated from different places across the nation. Self-registration on the Seva Sindhu portal is mandatory but no approval (or e-pass) is required to travel. Passengers from all states will be screened at the border check-posts, airports, railway stations, bus stands and at seaports.
The new guidelines will come to effect from June 8 onwards.
It has also been mentioned that a 14-day home quarantine stamp will also be marked on the back of the passengers, except for business travellers.
Passengers coming from Maharashtra
The passengers who will be found symptomatic and returning from Maharashtra will be taken to hospital isolation at COVID Care Centre (CCC) or Dedicated COVID Health Centre (DCHC) and will be tested upon arrival. If the reports come positive then they will be shifted to another hospital or else they would be asked to go into 14-day quarantine at home.
All asymptomatic passengers travelling to Karnataka from Maharastra will now undergo seven days of institutional quarantine and seven days of home quarantine. The testing criteria for those returning Maharashtra has also been tweaked.
Persons aged above 50 years or/and with co-morbidity (HlV, tuberculosis, cancer, stroke, dialysis, organ transplant, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and other immunocompromised) will be tested once between the fifth and seventh day of their arrival in Karnataka.
Asymptomatic passengers from Maharashtra belonging to certain categories — those visiting over a death in the family, pregnant women, children aged below 10 years, elderly aged above 60 years, serious illness and human distress — will be exempted from institutional quarantine and allowed to quarantine at home. Their swabs will be collected for testing on arrival.
Those who will be carrying a health certificate of negative report from a lab certified by ICMR will be exempted from institutional quarantine and can go for 14-day home quarantine. The report must not be more than 2 days old.
Travellers from other states
Asymptomatic passengers travelling to Karanataka from states other than Maharashtra can undergo 14-day quarantine at home. They will be tested if they exhibit symptoms during this period. They will be sent to institutional quarantine if they do not have the ideal environment for home quarantine, such as a large family, no separate rooms, slum and overcrowded areas.
Business Travellers
Business travellers coming to Karnataka from all states, including Maharashtra, need to show proof of a return ticket, which is not later than seven days from the date of arrival in the state.
According to the revised guidelines, business travellers staying in Karnataka for less than 48 hours will be exempted from COVID-19 testing and quarantine, although they should wear masks, use hand sanitiser and follow cough etiquette.
