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Who are exempted from Mandatory institutional quarantine for Kerala travelers?

09:23 AM Sep 02, 2021 | Team Udayavani |

Mangaluru: Confusion among people entering and planning for travels to Karnataka from neighbouring Kerala continued as well even as Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar reiterated the government’s decision to impose a week-long institutional quarantine for those entering from Kerala.

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As per the circular arrivals from Kerala, other than students or employees should produce RT-PCR negative reports and remain in the home quarantine for seven days.

Institutional quarantine is for seven days and on the seventh day, they will be tested again and released only on testing negative.

Those who show symptoms and test positive will be moved to Covid Care Centres and assessed.

People who will be exempted from Mandatory institutional are as follows:

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*Constitutional functionaries, healthcare professionals, their spouses
*Children below 2 years of age
*Those in dire emergency situation (death in family, medical treatment etc.)
*Short-term travellers (within three days)
*Students arriving for examination with one parent (within three days)
*Passengers in transit from and to Kerala via any mode of transport

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