Amid lockdown, 3 Navy warships sent to bring back stranded Indians from Maldives & UAE

May 6: India Government is trying its best to bring back its citizens stranded abroad both by air and waterways amidst the lockdown. India has sent three naval ships to evacuate its citizens stranded in the Maldives and UAE due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jalashwa deployed off Mumbai coast, along with INS Magar, diverted for Maldives on Monday night. While INS Shardul diverted to Dubai to evacuate the expatriates. All the three ships will return to Kochi with the stranded Indians.

INS Magar and INS Shardul are Southern Naval Command ships, while INS Jalashwa is from Eastern Naval Command. On Monday, the government said that it will be start bringing back Indians stranded abroad because of the pandemic from Thursday (May 7) in a “phased manner”, adding the service will be offered on “payment-basis”. Only those asymptomatic will be allowed on-board.

On reaching the destination, everyone would have to register on the Aarogya Setu app. Everyone would be medically screened. After scrutiny, they would be quarantined for 14 days, either in a hospital or in an institutional quarantine on payment-basis, by the concerned state government. COVID test would be done after 14 days and further action would be taken according to health protocols