Omicron, three Indian states - Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat - issued fresh coronavirus guidelines as precautionary measures.
Earlier this week, the Centre instructed the state governments to ensure ‘rigorous screening and testing’ of all international travellers landing in India from ‘at risk’ countries.
The nations that are currently on the ‘at-risk’ list of India are – European countries, including the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a meeting on Covid-19 and said that we need to be proactive in light of the new variant while laying emphasis on the precautions to contain the virus. M
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