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18 fliers from at-risk countries tested positive for COVID-19, samples sen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Health Minister Manuskh Mandaviya said on Friday that RT-PCR tests have been done of 16,000 passengers from 'at risk' countries and 18 samples have been sent for genome sequencing to determine if they have Omicron variant of the virus or not.
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Amid Omicron scare, two international passengers test positive for COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 3 (ANI): A day after two cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant were detected in India, two international passengers, one each from the UK and Singapore tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu's capital city Chennai, informed State Health Minis
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Telangana: Woman returned from abroad tests COVID-19 positive, 'Omicron' n
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 3 (ANI): Amid concern over COVID-19 new variant 'Omicron', a woman, who was one of 325 passengers who came from abroad to Hyderabad, tested positive for Covid.
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Omicron: Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore airports start compulsory testing of
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 3 (ANI): Staff at airports in Chennai, Madurai, and Coimbatore have started compulsory testing of passengers arriving from 11 'at risk' countries in view of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron.
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Three international travellers test positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra a
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI): Amid the scare of the new COVID-19 variant Omricron, a total of 861 international passengers who arrived in Maharashtra, until Thursday morning were tested with RT-PCR, and three of them have been found positive, said the Public Health Departme
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Indian Coast Guard rescues 624 passengers, 85 crew after fire breaks out a
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kavaratti (Lakshadweep Islands) [India], December 2 (ANI): A major tragedy was averted by the Indian Coast Guard after a fire in the engine room of MV Kavaratti with 624 passengers and 85 crew onboard was brought under control by the maritime law enforcement and search and rescue agency.
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Passengers from 'at risk' countries need to undergo RT-PCR test on arrival
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): In the wake of the new coronavirus variant Omicron, Union Health Ministry's Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said that passengers arriving from 'at risk' countries need to undergo RT-PCR test on arrival and if found positive for COVID-19, they will be treat
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Coast Guard rescues passengers after ship catches fire off Kavaratti coast
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], December 2 (ANI): In a rescue operation at mid-sea, the Indian Coast Guard on Wednesday doused the fire on a ship en route to Androth with 624 passengers and 85 crew members on board.
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Omicron scare: 6 passengers travelling from "at risk" countries test COVID
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday that as many as six passengers travelling from the "at risk" countries have been tested positive for the COVID-19 amid new coronavirus variant Omicron scare.
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CCTV cameras installed in 4,934 coaches, 838 stations: Railway Ministry in
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Ministry of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology on Wednesday stated that Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras have already been provided in 4,934 train coaches and installed at a total of 838 stations.
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Union Health Secy writes to Maharashtra on COVID-19 guidelines for interna
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI): Amid the threat of Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus in the country, the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday has written to the Maharashtra government stating that the state's guidelines on RTPC tests and quarantine of international passe
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Genome sequencing can finally confirm presence of COVID-19 variant Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): With a rise in the number of countries reporting an increase in cases of Omicron, the "highly transmissible" new COVID-19 variant, India continues to remain on high alert. Passengers travelling from 'high-risk' countries have tested positive for COVID-19
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