(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Quarantine: One Nation, Different Rules

Topic: Quarantine: One Nation, Different Rules

Guest:

P. K. Malhotra, (Former Secretary, Ministry of Law & Justice,GoI)
K. A. Badarinath, (Senior Journalist)
S.C. Tripathi, (Former Principal Secretary, Uttar Pradesh)

Topic Description:

Domestic air travel resumed after a gap of two months on Monday. The Ministry of Civil Aviation issued a set of guidelines on Saturday for both domestic and international flights. The ministry further added that all COVID-19 asymptomatic passengers would be allowed to travel on the condition that they agree to self-monitor for 14 days and report to their district surveillance officer or the state/national call centre if they develop any symptoms. If a passenger shows any coronavirus symptom, then he or she would be taken to the nearest health facility and assessed. The ones with moderate or severe symptoms would be taken to a dedicated coronavirus health facility. However, guidelines issued by the states are not all the same. They also defer for air, road and rail travel.