Coronavirus India Live Update: Government has asked all passengers to download Aarogya Setu app
India has registered 6,977 cases of novel coronavirus in 24 hours, the Health Ministry data showed. 154 people have died of COVID-19 illness during the period, it said. This is for the fourth consecutive day that the number of infection have risen past 6,000-mark. With the new cases, the total number of cases stand at 1,38, 845, making India among top 10 countries affected the most by the virus.
Despite the spike in virus cases, the government has opened Indian skies for domestic passenger services from today. Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Sunday announced that following a "long day of hard negotiations", domestic flights will recommence across the country, after nearly two months. The government announced a series of dos and don'ts that would begin with social distancing at the airport and no-contact check-in. Ahead of the journey, the government has asked all passengers to download the Aarogya Setu application on their mobile devices and states to ensure thermal screening. Passengers have also been asked to reach the airport two hours before departure and maintain social distancing.
The centre has allowed states to develop their own isolation and quarantine protocols.
Maharashtra remains the worst affected state in the country with over 50,000 cases and 1,600 deaths, government data said. It is followed by Tamil Nadu, which has reported 16,000 cases and 111 COVID-19-related deaths.
Here are the Live Updates on Coronavirus Outbreak:
Tamil Nadu: The first flight from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport since resumption of domestic flight operations, lands at Chennai airport.
- ANI (@ANI) May 25, 2020
The number of incoming passenger commercial flights to Chennai is restricted to 25 per day. pic.twitter.com/hyBmWawI1a
"We are a little worried, but work comes first": Flight attendants back to duty as domestic air services resume across the country.
- NDTV (@ndtv) May 25, 2020
(Photos: ANI)#Lockdown4#COVID19Pandemic#DomesticFlightspic.twitter.com/w8ofrXJISs
Food & beverage (F&B) and retail outlets open at Terminal 3 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport as domestic flight operations have resumed from today.
- NDTV (@ndtv) May 25, 2020
(Photos: ANI) pic.twitter.com/KneAWmRgae
Coronavirus News: Bengaluru Airport Introduces ''Contactless Journey'' To Contain COVID-19
The Bengaluru airport management is introducing a unique feature of parking-to-boarding contactless journey for the passengers as the domestic flight resumes from today, PTI reported.
Maharashtra- the worst coronavirus-hit state- might ease restrictions in high-risk zones in a staggered manner from May 31, when lockdown 4 ends, state minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Sunday, warning against what he called "knee-jerk opening". Read more
The city of Bengaluru, on Sunday, looked the way it did at the start of the lockdown two months ago - public transport was off the streets, only essential services were available and people were told to stay at home unless there were very good reasons to be out. Read more
Air travel is set to resume across the country today, two months after the lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, bringing relief to the aviation sector that was on the brink of collapse. Read more
- Air travel is set to resume across the country today, two months after the lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, bringing relief to the aviation sector that was on the brink of collapse.
- The details were finalized after what Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri said was "a long day of hard negotiations" with various state governments, which were not on board with the idea.
- With the number of coronavirus cases touching 1.3 lakh, the government announced a series of dos and don'ts that would begin with social distancing at the airport and no-contact check in.
- The Centre has not insisted on any quarantine either, with Mr Puri saying it would not be necessary in "short-haul" flights. Various states, however, are insisting on varying degrees of quarantine creating huge confusion among travellers.
- The aviation minister has indicated that international flights could begin in June.
