Indians evacuated from abroad need to have Aarogya Setu app upon arrival: MHA

New Delhi: Stranded Indians who will be brought back from abroad by special flights will have to download Aarogya Setu app upon arrival, said a Home Ministry official on Tuesday.

Punya Salila Srivastava, a joint secretary in the Union Home Ministry, added that the passengers who land in the country on board the special flights will have to follow all the government-issued health guidelines, and they will be screened and kept at paid quarantine facilities for 14 days.

All passengers will be screened, only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed on board, and they will be quarantined for 14 days before having to go through a virus test, the government said.