Rajesh Bhushan Sunday stressed on rigorous surveillance of international passengers, ensuring prompt dispatch of samples for genome sequencing and strict enforcement of Covid rules.
The official added that the South Africans tested positive on 11 and 20 November debunking the fear of any possible spread of the new Covid variant B.1.1.529, known as Omicron.
At a news briefing Friday, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said that the approach is wrong, misdirected and that some countries' leaders are finding a scapegoat to a worldwide problem.
Delhi Disaster Management Authority is likely to take a call on RT-PCR testing of international passengers and quarantining arrivals from countries where the variant has been found.
Labs in Europe, the US and Africa are preparing for tests to see how the new variant is likely to behave in people who’ve been vaccinated or previously infected.
Kejriwal's govt has called a meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority Monday to discuss steps to be taken in view of threat from new variant in southern Africa.
The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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