Bengaluru: The State Government on Saturday mandated home quarantine for visitors from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand. The Central Government has notified that travellers from these countries must present their RT-PCR test results before leaving the airport

The guideline stated that, “Asymptomatic passengers shall leave the airport and self-monitor their health for Covid symptoms and comply to Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) like wearing of face masks, social distancing, practice respiratory and hand hygiene, etc. and strictly remain under home quarantine for next seven days.”

Passengers from high-risk countries who show symptoms like Covid will be isolated at designated medical institutions for clinical management. Additionally, the government instructed the travellers to inform the local surveillance health team if they experience any fever, cough, cold, body discomfort, headache, loss of taste or smell, diarrhoea, or difficulty breathing during the home quarantine.