Coronavirus In India: In many countries including China, America, South Korea and Japan, preparations are fast in India on the one hand due to increasing corona cases and on the other hand the variants of Kovid omicron Five infected cases of sub-variant XBB 1.5 (XBB 1.5) have been found in the country. This variant is responsible for increasing cases of infection in America.
According to the data released by INSACOG on Tuesday (January 3), out of these five cases, three cases have been reported in Gujarat and one each in Karnataka and Rajasthan. The XBB 1.5 variant is related to Omicron’s XBB format. 44 percent of infections in the US are of XBB and XBB 1.5. INSACOG has said in its bulletin that the omicron form of corona virus and other forms derived from it are prominent in India, in which ‘XBB’ is prominent.
According to the data released by the Union Health Ministry till 8 am on Tuesday (January 3), in a day in India corona virus There were 134 new cases of infection, while the number of patients undergoing treatment decreased to 2,582. With this, the total number of cases of Kovid-19 was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,78,956). The number of people who lost their lives due to infection is 5,30,707.
Preparation of Government of India
The Union Health Ministry on Monday said that a negative COVID report is mandatory for passengers arriving at any airport in India from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand, irrespective of the country of origin. started the journey. In a letter to Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday (January 2) said that cases of Kovid-19 are increasing in some countries, especially China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Japan. In this context, the guidelines have been changed which have come into effect from January 1.
What is instruction?
According to this, from the first day of this year in India, RT-PCR test report is mandatory for passengers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand, in which they are confirmed not to have infection. As per the guidelines, the test should be done not earlier than 72 hours from the time of commencement of travel to India and the negative report of RT-PCR test has to be uploaded on the Air Suvidha portal before departure.
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