nagpur if a person from delhi rajasthan gujarat or goa coming down for a brief visit to the city tests positive here she will end up staying for 14 days in a covid care centre in the city or a hospital a senior official in the nmcs health department said the protocol calls for isolation or treatment of everyone testing positive there would be no relaxation even for those residing elsewhere having no local contacts here and they cannot go back early said the officialthose living in the city can isolate at their home but if the person is a resident of delhi or any of the states he will have to undergo the 14day isolation if found positive the rules will apply for persons travelling for shorter period or carrying a return ticket also said nmcs health officer dr narendra bahirwar as toi sought a clarificationtravellers not having a covid negative report are tested at the airport railway station or entry points on road air travellers have to undergo the rtpcr test that takes at least six hours for the results for other travellers it is rapid antigen test rat that gives quick resultsbahirwar said after the samples are taken the passengers are asked to give their contact details visitors who may stay in a hotel have to provide their phone number and disclose location on being tested positive they will be contacted for further procedurein case the person tries to give the authorities a slip he can always be tracked through the cell phone if needed the authorities in their respective state will be intimated three passengers who flew down on thursday tested positive a note shared by nmc officials said that they were not from nagpur district their exact details were not readily available said an officeron thursday 81 passengers were tested by rtpcr at the airport this included 61 persons in a special flight from jaipur none in the jaipur flights was found positive on friday over 50 passengers from the two morning flights were testedmeanwhile the nmc has asked airport operator mihan india limited mil to insist the airlines that only passengers with covid negative report are allowed to board the plane officials also agreed that there may be some practical difficulties for the lastminute travellersa senior official in the district collectorate said none of the road or railway travellers was found positive here only those having symptom are tested apart from the railway station there are check points at entry into district from ramtek saoner and katol said a source persons testing positive at any of these points are straightaway taken to cccs in ambulances said resident deputy collector ravindra khajanjithe rules have evoked sharp criticism from the travel and hospitality industry tejinder singh renu president of nagpur residential hotels association said mandatory isolation even for outsiders would be to taxing such persons can be allowed to go home with adequate precaution as they can get better health care in the place where they