Omicron scare: Seven-day home quarantine in Mumbai for Dubai passengers

Passengers arriving from Dubai will have to undergo home quarantine for seven days in Mumbai, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation said in an order on Friday.

While passengers from twelve “countries at risk” are required to undergo home quarantine as per central government directions, the Mumbai civic body extended the home quarantine for Dubai returnees to contain the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

Dubai is a hub for international travel and passengers take connecting flights from the city. There is a mixing of passengers at the Dubai airport, I S Chahal, the civic body’s chief said in the order.

As of Thursday,