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Omnicron: Health Minister Mandaviya reviews RTPCR testing facilities at IG
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed RTPCR testing facilities for passengers coming from "at-risk" countries at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday.
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Omicron: Mumbai prepares action plan for people returning from 'at risk' c
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 5 (ANI): Hours after India's fourth Omicron case was detected in Mumbai's Dombivli, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said that the authorities are alert about people returning from 'at risk' countries and have prepared an action plan for it.
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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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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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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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4 COVID-19 patients from 'at-risk' countries admitted to Delhi hospital sh
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Eight people travelling from 'at-risk' countries, of which four tested COVID positive, were admitted to Delhi's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital on Wednesday, as their samples were sent for genome sequencing to detect if the samples are positive
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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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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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Maharashtra: Quarantine mandatory for passengers coming from at-risk count
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI): In view of the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday made institutional quarantine mandatory for passengers coming to the state from countries "at-risk" and also RT-PCR mandatory irrespective of vac
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Passengers from high-risk countries to be segregated from low-risk countri
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI): In adherence with the latest guidelines issued by the Maharashtra government for air travel in view of the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Tuesday said that the passengers ar
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6 travellers from S Africa, other 'high-risk' countries test COVID positiv
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 30 (ANI): Six passengers who arrived from South Africa or other high-risk countries have tested positive for COVID-19, the state's public health department said on Tuesday.
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7-day quarantine must for all international passengers from 'at risk' nati
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 30 (ANI): After two South Africa-returnees tested positive for COVID-19 and amid increasing concern over the new variant 'Omicron', the Bengaluru airport has made seven days quarantine compulsory for all international travellers arriving from 'at ri
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