Coronavirus updates | December 24, 2020
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December 24, 2020 22:02 IST
Efforts on to locate 602 people who came to Goa from U.K., UAE; Meghalaya bars entry of travellers from U.K.
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Efforts on to locate 602 people who came to Goa from U.K., UAE; Meghalaya bars entry of travellers from U.K.
Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, reviewed the status of passengers coming from the U.K. to India and found positive in the States/UTs of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Goa, Punjab, Gujarat and Kerala, and the States’ response measures, in a meeting held through video conference on Wednesday.
Union Health Secretary reviews status of passengers coming from UK
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Published: Thursday, December 24, 2020, 8:46 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 24: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan reviewed the status of passengers coming from UK to India and found positive in the States/UTs of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Goa, Punjab, Gujarat and Kerala and their response measures in a meeting held through Video Conferencing today, in the presence of DG, ICMR, Health Secretaries from the States/UT, NHM MD,Ms Arti Ahuja, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Sujeet Singh, Director, NCDC, and other senior health officials.
Rajesh Bhushan
The Standard Operating Procedure issued by this Ministry on 22.12.2020 for Epidemiological Surveillance and Response in the context of new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in United Kingdom was discussed in detail in the meeting.
Dec 23, 2020, 11:19 IST
AMARAVATI: The Andhra Pradesh government has ordered for full-scale screening and testing of people coming into the State from the United Kingdom, after the wake of a new strain of Covid-19.
Britain and few other European countries imposed fresh restrictions after a new strain of the Coronovirus were detected that is considered being 70% more infectious. India has also suspended flights to and from Britain till 31 December to prevent the spread of this new strain of the Coronavirus.
An RT-PCR test would be conducted on all passengers arriving from the UK and those testing negative would have to undergo a mandatory 14-day home quarantine, according to an order issued by Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar. Those testing positive will be shifted to hospitals.
Southern States step up surveillance at airports
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December 22, 2020 23:11 IST
Wary of new U.K. variant of the virus, Kerala, Telangana, A.P. and Karnataka strengthen COVID-19 testing facilities
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Mandatory check: One of the travellers returning to Chennai from the U.K. registering her details at the Chennai International Airport on Tuesday.
Wary of new U.K. variant of the virus, Kerala, Telangana, A.P. and Karnataka strengthen COVID-19 testing facilities
The Kerala government has decided to intensify the surveillance and to strengthen SARS-CoV-2 testing facilities at airports and the seaport now that the new U.K. variant of the virus, known as B.1.1.7, which is believed to be highly transmissible, could be in circulation.
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