One in two Indians want international flights from countries with 20 or more Omicron cases: survey

Amid the threat of a recently discovered Covid 19 variant, one in two Indians are in favor of suspending all international flights from countries with 20 or more Omicron cases, according to a survey conducted by LocalCircles. 84 per cent of citizens want district officials to regularly inspect or locate individuals coming on international flights and under home quarantine to minimize the risk of the Omicron variant.

The survey was conducted to understand the approach that people want the government to take on international flight restrictions and strengthen the quarantine process to ensure that the risk of Omicron spread is minimised.

The survey received more than 18,000 responses from citizens in 317 districts of India. 68 per cent of respondents were men, while 32 per cent were women. 41 per cent of respondents were from tier 1, 30 per cent were from tier 2 and 29 per cent were from tier 3, 4 and rural districts.

Nearly half of the citizens surveyed said that India should continue with its approach to keeping all international Vande Bharat flights open and screen, quarantine passengers.

The Suspend international Vande Bharat flights from countries with 20 or more Omicron cases and rest others operate, while 29 per cent of the citizens said that all international Vande Bharat flights from countries with 20 or more Omicron cases and rest others operate. 2 per cent said that 46% or almost 1 in 2 Indians are in favor of suspending all international flights from countries with 20 or more Omicron cases. LocalCircles made a statement about 9,697 responses to the question in the survey.

LocalCircles asked citizens if it should be made mandatory for district health officials to do inspection location tracking for those who are undergoing home quarantine. 16 per cent of the population said it was not required. 84% said it should be made mandatory.