on Saturday, With 488 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours, 3,37,704 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in India.
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- ‘Omicron positive patients need to isolate themselves for only 7 days instead of 10’: Top doctor
- He said that the 7-day isolation is only for those who have no symptoms in the last three days.
- On Saturday, India recorded 3,37,704 new cases of the novel coronavirus.
A top expert said on Saturday that if a person who had tested positive for the new Covid-19 variant ‘Omicron’, then only needs to self-isolate for 7 days instead of 10 days if the previous three days. I have no symptoms.
Dr Harsh Mahajan, Founder and Chief Radiologist, Mahajan Imaging also said that RT-PCR test can detect all sub-types of omicrons.
The central government had earlier also said that travelers coming to India from any country, who test positive for Covid, will not compulsorily be managed in an isolation facility from Saturday, but themselves at home as per protocol. will have to separate.
In its revised ‘Guidelines for International Arrivals’ issued on Thursday, the government said foreign arrivals who test positive will have to undergo home quarantine for seven days even after testing negative, and undergo RT-PCR test on the eighth day . Arrival in India.
With 488 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours, India on Saturday registered 3,37,704 new cases of the novel coronavirus. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday (January 22), a total of 2,42,676 discharges took place in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the overall recovery rate to around 93.50 per cent and the total recovery data to 3. ,63,01 482.
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