BMC's new 24/7 plan to monitor quarantined passengers

A file photo of a man getting his swab test done at the Mumbai airport

The BMC has tightened the home quarantine norms with ward war room (WWR) teams phoning all the passengers under home quarantine five times a day, along with measures such as vigilance through medical ambulance and compulsory RT-PCR test on the seventh day. All international passengers coming from "at-risk" countries will now have to undergo mandatory home quarantine.

"The BMC has introduced a unique and strict home quarantine monitoring mechanism for international passengers arriving in Mumbai from risk countries. It will be as effective as institutional quarantine," said Iqbal Singh Chahal, the BMC commissioner.

As per the SOPs, Mumbai International Airport Ltd shall send a list of international passengers to the Disaster Management Unit of the BMC at 9 am every day and all 24 wards war rooms will receive a segregated list of the passengers in their areas at 10 am. Ward war rooms will call passengers five times a day to ensure they are following home quarantine protocols. Simultaneously, war rooms will notify the office bearers of the housing societies, who will need to ensure that these passengers stay under quarantine and no visitors are allowed at their households.

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Number of BMC ward war rooms