new delhi a new set of standard operating procedures sops issued by the centre prescribes various actions from the point of entry and in the community for all international passengers who have travelled from or transited through the uk in the past four weeks from november 25 to december 23statewise passenger manifests of flights from britain which landed at various international airports in india in the past four weeks will be conveyed by the bureau of immigration to state governments and the integrated disease surveillance programme district surveillance officers will ensure daily followup of those under observation for 28 days starting from the date of arrival all passengers from the uk disembarking in india will be subject to a mandatory rtpcr test if they are positive they will also have to undergo a spike genebased rtpcr test and will be put in a separate isolation facility coordinated by state health authorities if the sequencing is consistent with the current strain of the virus going around in the country then the ongoing treatment protocol including home isolation or treatment as per case severity will be followed all community contacts without exception of travellers who test positive will be subject to institutional quarantine in separate centres and will be tested between the fifth and tenth days those found negative on testing with rtpcr at the airport will be advised quarantine at home those who arrived in india from the uk between november 25 and december 8 first and second week from november 25 will be contacted by district surveillance officers and advised to selfmonitor their health if any of them develops symptoms they will be tested by rtpcr and will be subjected to the protocols as stated in the sop to keep a close check on the new strain of the coronavirus the health ministry has asked state governments to send the samples of passengers who tested positive to the national institute of virology pune or any other designated lab for genome sequencing study