for repatriation would only begin after the sop was released by the mhathe sop mandates testing of all sailors disembarking on indian ports for covid19 followed by quarantine at a facility operated either by the port or by the respective state government where the port is located until the test reports are receivedif the seafarer is tested as positive for covid19 heshe will be dealt as per the procedures laid down by the union ministry of health and family welfare the sop statesfor the seafarers tested negative and signed off the local authority in the area where the seafarer disembarks will be intimated about hisher clearance for signoff and for issue of a transit pass from the place of disembarkation to the place of hisher residence it also states