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They just want to get a handle on it. thank you, now dr. leana wen, and author of "lifeline." the cdc will provide passenger lists from southern africa countries to local health departments. we have stricter testing also being considered, but not being considered is a mandatory quarantine. is this the right plan? >> i definitely think it's a much better plan than the one currently in place which just leaves too many loopholes, so the cdc is trying to close these loopholes, it sounds like, by shortening the time of the pre-departure testing and then also having an arrival testing. i think they ...

Masking because that is something that's important for not only preventing omicron but also preventing the delta surge. i think also having all international travelers at this point go through enhanced screening to do pre-departure testing but also arrival testing and quarantine. all of those things will be important at this point in time. >> we've learned the u.s. is doing genomic testing on one in seven positive covid tests to see if this new variant is here in the u.s. so far, at least, that last report no omicron cases detected in the u.s. do you think the u.s. surveillance strategy is suf...

Also for more dominant strain like the delta here in america. this is the sort of thing that dr. rochelle walensky, the cdc director telegraphed to reporters on tuesday. take a listen to what he said. >> cdc is evaluating how to make international travel as safe as possible including pre departure testing closer to the time of flight and considerations around additional post arrival testing and self-quarantine. >> reporter: so under consideration a number of measures including requiring everyone traveling to the u.s. to be tested for covid-19 the day before their flight. currently they have to...

West Bengal government on Tuesday extended the COVID-19 restrictions in the state till December 15 in view of the newly detected coronavirus variant Omicron.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in Bodhisattva Thought Series organized at the Chief Minister residence titled Atmanirbhar