: Top 10 Omicron variant updates: Centre asks states to increase testing, tighten containment measures #IndiaNEWS The Centre on Sunday wrote to all states and Union Territories listing out necessary

Top 10 Omicron variant updates: Centre asks states to increase testing, tighten containment measures #IndiaNEWS
The Centre on Sunday wrote to all states and Union Territories listing out necessary measures to counter the new Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, reported PTI.The B.1.1.529, or the Omicron variant was first detected in South Africa on November 24. TheWorld Health Organization has classified the strain as a “variant of concern???, due to higher risk of transmissibility and increased resistance to vaccinesHere are 10 Omicron variant-related developments that took place in India on Sunday.Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan asked the states and Union Territories to increase testing, tighten containment measures and ramp up vaccine coverage. In a letter, Bhushan asked the states and Union Territories to take additional measures for travellers coming from “at risk??? countries. He asked the states to ensure that the passengers are tested according to the health ministry’s protocol and that their samples are sent for genome sequencing.The Union health ministry said that states should aim at achieving a positivity rate of below 5% and continue to monitor Covid-19 hotspots. “ln all such ‘hotspots’, saturation testing and sending of positive samples quickly for genome sequencing must be ensured,??? Bhushan said.The Union government has also decided to review the decision to resume scheduled commercial international passenger flights from December 15, PTI reported.All India Institute...Read more

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