Covid: Ascertain guests' international travel history, Chandigarh hotels told

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 20

To prevent the spread of coronavirus, the UT Administration has directed the owners, managers and caretakers of hotels, guest houses and serais to ascertain the international travel history of their guests of the past 15 days.

In an order issued by District Magistrate Vinay Pratap Singh, it was stated that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had issued Covid-related guidelines for international arrivals according to travellers from specified countries at risk would be tested on arrival at the airport and, if tested negative, they would follow home quarantine for seven days. A retest would be conducted on the eight day of arrival in India and, if negative, further self-monitoring of their health for the next seven days would be done. “There is an apprehension that international travellers arriving in the UT may breach the guidelines, thus posing a danger to human life, health and safety by becoming a cause of as well as leading to the transmission and spread of the pandemic in the UT,” he said.

To prevent danger to human life, health and safety, he directed all owners/managers/caretakers of hotels/guest houses/serais in the UT to ascertain the international travel history of their guests of the past 15 days at the time of their check-in and prohibit the stay in their premises of person(s) not following the above guidelines.

The order shall come into force with effect from midnight on December 21 and shall be effective for a period of 60 days.

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