Amidst the lockdown extension scare, the Home Ministry (MHA) on Wednesday issued an order allowing movement of migrant workers, tourists, students, etc stranded at various places across the country amid coronavirus lockdown. In the circular, the home ministry has asked state governments to appoint nodal officers to facilitate the movement of people between states. The order says those who want to return will be screened first and only allowed to return if asymptomatic.
The ministry has ordered that on arrival at their destination, such person(s) would be assessed by the local health authorities, and kept in home quarantine unless the assessment requires keeping the person in institutional quarantine. They would be kept under watch with periodic health check-ups. For this purpose, States/UTs have been requested to encourage such persons to use Aarogya Setu app through which their health status can be monitored and tracked.
They would be allowed to move as under: “All states/UTs should designate nodal authorities and develop standard protocols for receiving and sending such stranded persons. The nodal authorities shall also register the stranded persons within their states/UTs. In case a group of stranded persons wish to move between one state/UT and another state/UT, the sending and receiving states may consult each other and mutually agree to the movement by road.”
