Kejriwal appeals to PM Modi to stop flights from COVID affected countries
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop incoming flights from countries that are affected by the new COVID-19 variant ‘Omicron’.
In a tweet, Kejriwal said, “I urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop flights from countries where a new variant of COVID-19 has been found. Our country has been able to recover from Corona with great difficulty. We have to launch this new variant. Every effort should be made to prevent them from entering India.”
In view of the threat from African countries coming from a new COVID variant, Kejriwal had yesterday requested experts to make a presentation to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) with necessary suggestions.
I urge the PM to stop flights from those countries which are affected by new variant (of COVID-19). With great difficulty, our country has recovered from Corona. We should do everything possible to prevent this new variant from entering India: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
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— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2021
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting on Saturday morning at 10:30 am with senior government officials on the situation related to COVID-19 and vaccination. Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to PM Modi, Dr. VK Paul, Member (Health) of NITI Aayog and Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will attend the meeting.
Amid growing concern about ‘Omicron’, a new COVID-19 variant that was first detected in South Africa, India has also included several countries in the list from where passengers arriving in India are required to be tested on arrival. In addition, additional measures will have to be followed. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has also added Hong Kong and Israel to the list of countries from which travelers will need to follow additional measures upon arrival in India, including the detection of the new COVID variant ‘Omicron’ in South Africa. Tests included after arrival.
Countries from where travelers will have to follow additional measures on arrival in India include countries in Europe including South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Israel, Hong Kong, UK.
Delhi government convened a meeting on Monday on the danger of new variants
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that his government has convened a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to discuss the steps to be taken in view of the threat of a new variant of COVID-19 from African countries. The Center on Thursday asked all states and union territories to conduct strict screening of all international travelers arriving from or via these countries from South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana. New variants of COVID-19 have been reported in these countries, which can have serious public health implications.
There is a apprehension that the new variant B.1.1529 of Kovid-19 may have a large number of mutants, which has never been seen before. Authorities in South Africa confirmed 22 infected patients linked to it on Thursday.
Imperial College London virologist Dr. Tom Peacock posted the details of the new variant of the virus (b.1.1.529) on his Twitter account earlier this week. After that scientists are looking into this form. However, in the UK it is not yet formally classified as a cause of concern. Scientists around the world will now look at the new variant in view of signs of rapid spread. South Africa’s National Institute of Public Health – the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed that B.1.1529 has been detected in South Africa and 22 cases of B.1.1.529 have been confirmed after genome sequencing.
23 new cases of corona virus infection were reported in Delhi
On Friday, 23 new cases of corona virus infection were reported in Delhi and the infection rate was 0.04 percent. At the same time, no new case of death due to infection was registered during this period. This information was given in the data released by the Health Department. According to the Health Department, 14,40,807 cases of infection have been reported in Delhi so far, while more than 14.15 lakh people have been cured. So far 25,095 people have died due to this virus in Delhi. According to the department, so far four patients of COVID-19 have died in the month of November, while four in October and five in September.
