Instagram User Shares Quarantine Experience at Delhi Airport

First hand account of how airports are handling the coronavirus outbreak.

Amidst the coronavirus outbreak, airports have become a complicated public space and the government is trying its best to make it seem like they have the COVID-19 situation under control. While there have been reports about people being screened for the virus and quarantined at airports, there’s little proof to support it.

Recently, an Instagram user, who took a flight back to Delhi from Paris, shared her quarantine experience at the Delhi airport.

Passengers Were Made to Wait in Crowded, Unsanitized Spaces

People Were Stranded at the Airport With Almost No Food to Sustain Them

Long Queues, Chaos and Zero Clarity on Where the Passengers Would Be Taken

After Spending Over 9 Hours at the Airport, Passengers Still Didn’t Know When They’d Be Allowed to Go Home

Passengers Were Put In a Bus and Transported to an Unknown Place Without Their Consent

Passengers Were Quarantined in a Ward Before Their Tests Were Taken

Does the Indian Government Have the Resources to Quarantine so Many People?

After Spending an Entire Day in Crowded Spaces, Passengers Were Asked to Home Quarantine Themselves

But the PR Game Is Still On...

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@meghnahaha 's account of the past >24hrs of the shameful facade of an effort to control COVID-19 on her return flight from Paris to Delhi. March 16, 2020

A post shared by @ sawhneyyyyy on Mar 17, 2020 at 2:05am PDT