The mayor of Mumbai announced on November 27 that passengers arriving at the airport from South Africa will be subject to a quark.
The mayor said that if passengers are found to be positive for COVID-19, they will be done with genome sequencing.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has called a meeting of senior officials at 5:30 pm on November 27 to discuss the new COVID-19 variant.
The World Health Organisation designated the new COVID-19 variant Omicron as a variant of concern on November 26. The WHO's top category of worrying COVID-19 is a variant of concern. It was first reported to the WHO from South Africa on November 24. A number of countries around the world have decided to restrict or ban travel to six southern Africa nations.
Every person returning from South Africa will be sent to Mumbai to have their samples analyzed for genetic material.
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November 27, 2021.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired an important meeting earlier in the day as global concerns over the new coronaviruses strain increased. Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, P K Mishra, Union Health Secretary, and NITI Aayog member (health) Dr V K Paul are among those attending the meeting.
All you need to know about the new COVID-19 strain from South Africa.
The countries in Europe, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, as well as Brazil, Bangladesh, and China, have been put in the "at-risk" category by the Union Health Ministry. The Union Health Ministry's rules say that passengers from countries that are at risk have to give their samples at the airport.
The new COVID variant threat causes worldwide scramble.
The Centre asked all states and union territories to conduct rigorous screening and testing of all international travellers coming from or transiting through South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana, where the B.1.1.529 variant has been detected.
