New Delhi, July 13 -- The government plans to set up quarantine centres at three international border points-Amritsar, Guwahati and Petrapole-alongside Bhubaneswar in order to check the cross-border movement of potential carriers of infectious diseases.

These designated centres are supported under the government's Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM).

PM-ABHIMis considered the largest pan-India scheme for strengthening the healthcare infrastructure with an outlay of Rs.64,180 crore. One of the key components of PM-ABHIM is to operationalize new public health units and strengthen existing ones at points of entry like airports, seaports, and land crossings.

The quarantine centres are designed to separat...