Delhi makes 14-day quarantine a must for Kumbh Mela returnees

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) directed all residents of Delhi, who are returning from Haridwar after attending the Kumbh Mela, will have to mandatorily stay in home quarantine for 14 days on arrival to the national capital. The order also mentioned that all Delhi residents, who visited Haridwar's Kumbh from April 4 till today or will be travelling today up till April 30, are required to upload details (viz name, address in Delhi, contact no., ID proof, date of departure from Delhi & arrival here) on the link at Delhi government portal.

Earlier on Saturday, the Madhya Pradesh government directed all district collectors to quarantine people returning from Kumbh Mela being held in Uttarakhand's Haridwar. The government said that all returnees will have to inform the district collector about their arrival. 

Meanwhile, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday (April 17) said that people returning to state after attending the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar will have to undergo an RT-PCR test before they are allowed to enter their respective cities and villages

While speaking to reporters at Jamnagar, Rupani said, “Collectors of all districts in Gujarat have been directed to keep a watch on the Kumbh Mela returnees and enforce a nakabandi' (security checking) to prevent their entry in their hometowns without undergoing an RT-PCR test.”

Over the last five days, a total of 2167 people were found positive for coronavirus in Haridwar -- the place where the month-long Kumbh is going on.

According to the Uttarakhand State Control Room, there were 254 COVID-19 positive cases on April 10, 386 on April 11, 408 on April 12, 594 on April 13 and 525 on April 14.