March 4, 2021 2:35 PM

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BMC orders mandatory 7-day institutional quarantine for travellers from Brazil

<span style="color: #222222;">Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (BMC) has informed that the passengers arriving in Mumbai from 'Brazil' will also have to be in institutional quarantine for seven days. Same as passengers arriving from the UK, Europe, Middle East and South Africa, these passengers will also be kept under surveillance and tested on day seven in Mumbai.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued guidelines for international arrivals and has included Brazil in the list of countries under the quarantine rule.<br />''<br />''With reference to these guidelines, BMC has issued a circular mentioning that the passengers arriving or transiting through flight originating from Brazil requires compulsory seven-day paid institutional quarantine on arrival irrespective of their pre-boarding negative test report.<br />''<br />''These passengers will be tested for RT-PCR on the 7th day. Those who tested positive or symptomatic will be sent to hospitals. If travellers are found negative on day -7, they will be discharged from institutional quarantine and will be sent in mandatory home quarantine for seven days.<br />''<br />''The passengers from other states than Maharashtra taking connecting flights from Mumbai after their arrival will be allowed to take flights if their RT-PCR test report is negative at the airport.</span><br />

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