The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday released a set of guidelines for people coming to India from foreign countries during the lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus. The Centre, however, has not yet announced when international flights will resume.

The guidelines mandate a compulsory 14-day quarantine for international travellers – seven days each at an institution and at home. The travellers will have to pay for institutional quarantine. The government may allow exemptions from institutional quarantine in case of an emergency. “Only for exceptional and compelling reasons such as cases of human distress, pregnancy, death in family, serious illness and parent(s) accompanied by children below 10 years, as assessed by the receiving states, home quarantine may be permitted for 14 days,” the health ministry said.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday released a set of guidelines for people coming to India from foreign countries during the lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus. The Centre, however, has not yet announced when international flights will resume.

The guidelines mandate a compulsory 14-day quarantine for international travellers – seven days each at an institution and at home. The travellers will have to pay for institutional quarantine. The government may allow exemptions from institutional quarantine in case of an emergency. “Only for exceptional and compelling reasons such as cases of human distress, pregnancy, death in family, serious illness and parent(s) accompanied by children below 10 years, as assessed by the receiving states, home quarantine may be permitted for 14 days,” the health ministry said.