Omicron: Vigilance- Centre's letter to States
The world is in a state of panic after the discovery of the Covid variant of the Omicron variant in African countries and some european countries.
The world is in a state of panic after the discovery of the Covid variant of the Omicron variant in African countries and some european countries.
Vigilance is being strengthened in india as well. prime minister Narendra Modi on saturday held talks with health officials.
The Union Ministry of health has written to all states and Union Territories asking them to take precautionary measures.
The new virus has been found to cause more mutations. Therefore, there are concerns that this virus variant may increase its ability to overcome the current vaccine resistance.
Passengers should be screenedThe letter suggested that travellers from hazardous countries be screened and quarantined for 14 days. It is also suggested to monitor the 'hotspot' areas.
Samples of positive patients found in hotspot areas have been requested to be sent to the INSACOG Lab for genome sequencing.
Passengers from hazardous countries such as south africa, Brazil, Botswana, Bangladesh, new zealand and mauritius should be checked at the airport.
In addition, people from hazardous countries will be quarantined at home.No case has been reported so far, but it should be noted that there is a new variant among us. He demanded that people avoid going to crowded places.
Kejriwal said that many countries, including Europe, had cancelled international flights from infected countries and therefore flights should be cancelled to prevent the new variant from entering India.
In madhya pradesh too, chief minister Shivraj Singh had called an important meeting on the new variants.
In Bangalore, Karnataka, two passengers returning from south africa were found to be infected with Covid. Among them, the Delta variant has been confirmed. Vigilance has been ordered in Bangalore.