Delhi: Mandatory tests, isolation for all those flying from UK

With a new Covid-19 strain being detected in the United Kingdom, the Delhi government will test all passengers coming to Delhi from the country from Tuesday. While the Ministry of Civil Aviation has suspended all flights connecting India to the UK till December 31, there are three flights scheduled to reach Delhi on Tuesday.

According to Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, the government will also contact all those who arrived from the UK in the past two weeks.

He told The Indian Express, “Over the past two weeks, 4,200 people have come to Delhi from the UK. A list of these people and their contact numbers has been prepared. District-level teams will be contacting each person and tests will be done. Efforts will be made to contain possible spread of the mutated virus. By tomorrow, 400 more people will land via the last flights into the country from UK for now.”