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COVID-19 UPDATE: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will maintain a gathering with well being ministers of states and Union territories immediately (December 23) over rising COVID-19 circumstances in some elements of the world.
Mandaviya made a suo motu assertion within the Rajya Sabha on Thursday (December 22) on India’s preparedness.
“We are constantly monitoring the situation. There are no direct flights between China and India but people come via other routes,” he stated.
He stated the main focus is to make sure that no unknown variant of the virus enters India and on the similar time there isn’t any obstacle to travelling.
PM Modi COVID assessment meet:
As China and another nations witness a surge in Covid circumstances, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday cautioned in opposition to complacency, known as for strict vigil and directed that the continuing surveillance measures, particularly at worldwide airports, be strengthened.
“Covid is not over yet,” Modi reiterated at a high-level Covid assessment assembly and urged individuals to put on masks in crowded locations.
PM Modi in a high-level assembly on Covid-19 urged individuals to put on masks in crowded public locations, requested authorities to ramp up testing, genome sequencing, and to encourage individuals particularly weak, aged teams to take ‘Precaution (booster) dose’.
The high-level assembly got here after a sudden rise of Covid circumstances in China and another nations which have raised considerations of a potential new wave internationally. PM was briefed that India has been witnessing a gentle decline in circumstances with common each day circumstances falling to 153 and weekly positivity right down to 0.14 per cent within the week ending December 22, 2022. However, 5.9 lakh each day common circumstances have been reported globally because the final 6 weeks, the PMO knowledgeable.
The Union Health Ministry requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to make sure random post-arrival Covid testing of two per cent of arriving passengers in every worldwide flight at airports from December 24 (Saturday), to reduce the chance of ingress of any new variant of coronavirus within the nation.
(With businesses inputs)
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