Imphal: In a significant modification of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for air passengers notified by the Home department May 24, 2020, an office memorandum signed by Chief Secretary Dr J Suresh Babu on May 25 said, “no passenger will be allowed to go home without testing negative or till completion of 14 days quarantine, whichever is applicable in given circumstances”.
Other SOP includes requiring all passengers to download and install AAROGYA SETU application in their mobile before travel. Passengers will be medically screened at the port of departure before boarding
All passengers on de-boarding at Imphal airport shall fill up the prescribed form supplied by Health department before proceeding to arrival hall in a staggered manner as regulated by the authorities
At the arrival hall the medical teams will screen the passengers by full body thermal screening Thereafter, the filled in form shall be submitted to the medical team
All asymptomatic passengers will be stamped for Institutional quarantine or community quarantine on their hand with indelible ink and allowed to baggage collection area.
Any symptomatic passenger or suspected passenger will be separated immediately and sent to isolation ward / Covid treatment ward by medical team as per the protocol.
After collection of baggage, all asymptomatic passengers shall wait in the earmarked area for further transport to Quarantine centre.
Transport department shall provide sufficient buses to the Police department for transportation to designated quarantine center as decided by Health department
All passengers shall remain in quarantine center for further testing Passenger tested negative will be allowed to go for home quarantine for 14 days Passengers tested positive shall be treated as per the protocol
No passenger will be allowed to go home without testing negative or till completion of 14 days quarantine. whichever is applicable in given circumstances.
Deputy Commissioners shall open new institutional or community quarantine centers for accommodating passengers.
