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New Delhi: The Center on Thursday asked all states and union territories to conduct rigorous screening and testing of all international travelers arriving or departing from South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana, where a new COVID-19 variant has serious public health implications. notification has been received.
In a letter to the Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries/Secretary (Health) of all the States and Union Territories, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan asked them to ensure that the samples of passengers who test positive are immediately sent to the designated Genome Sequencing Laboratories. Go.
It has now been reported by the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) that multiple cases of a COVID-19 variant B.1.1529 have been reported in Botswana (3 cases), South Africa (6 cases) and Honkong (1 case) have come. Bhushan has said in the letter.
“This variant is reported to have a significantly higher number of mutations, and thus, has serious public health implications for the country in view of the recently relaxed visa restrictions and opening up of international travel.
“It is therefore imperative that all international passengers traveling to and transiting through these countries, (they are part of the “at risk” country category of international travelers arriving in India) and also all other at-risk countries indicated in the revised guidelines For international arrivals, issued by this Ministry on November 11, 2021, are subject to rigorous screening and testing as per MoHFW guidelines,” Bhushan said.
The contacts of these international travelers should also be closely tracked and tested as per MoHFW guidelines.
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