State to issue SOP for people coming by special passenger trains
Bhubaneswar: The state government will on Wednesday issue standard operating procedure (SOP) for people returning by the special passenger trains from New Delhi.
“Special relief commissioner P K Jena will issue the SOP,” said an official source. Registration on the government’s Covid-19 portal will be mandatory for all returnees. The government may allow home quarantine for people returning by the passenger trains.
An SOP has also been issued by the state government for foreign returnees who will arrive here as part of the Centre’s mega repatriation plan Vande Bharat. All such persons need to register themselves with the government’s portal. On arrival here, thermal screening shall be carried out for all passengers at the airport/seaport by the health and family welfare departments, said the SOP.
Passengers found to be symptomatic during screening will be taken to the designated medical facility while asymptomatic passengers will be quarantined as per existing practice. The SOP said any returnee who violates quarantine shall be liable to be prosecuted as per penal provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and Covid-19 regulations.