As enterprises have mounted over the potentially more contagious Omicron coronavirus variant spreading to numerous countries, the Union government on Sunday, November 28, decided to review the resumption of transnational breakouts and introduced stricter guidelines for people travelling from or coursing through’at- threat’ countries. Alert to the brewing trouble from the Omicron variant, countries began tore-tighten checks and urgently trace people who arrived from abroad in the last one month. Latterly, a demand to not allow breakouts from the affected countries was made by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Then’s what the five southern countries have said
Telangana
The Telangana government said on Sunday, November 28, that it has strengthened its COVID-19 surveillance system and advised brigades in view of the trouble of Omicron, indeed as the state recorded 135 new cases and one death, taking the caseload to6.75 lakh and the risk to The new’Omicron’variant has been detected in South Africa, Botswana, Australia, Hong Kong and some European countries and hence completely vaccinated passengers arriving from these places will be quarantined at home and be covered, state Director of Public Health, G Srinivasa Rao told journalists. “ Tests will be done on those who are unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated and samples transferred to the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) lab for genome sequencing if anyone tests positive,” he said.
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“We still do not know important about it. Whenever we admit an alert during a epidemic, we’ve to be alert,”the functionary said, pertaining to the advisory of the Union Health Ministry to all countries to be on alert. Telangana Health Minister T Harish Rao also held a meeting with top officers to review medications and surveillance measures regarding the new variant.
Tamil Nadu
The Tamil Nadu government has directed quarter administrations to consolidate surveillance and carry out field tests. In a letter to the quarter officers participated with the media, state Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said the Union Health Secretary wrote to him about the reports of emergence of a new variant and directed the countries to be alert District Collectors were acquainted about the instructions while field position examinations were carried out at the Chennai field by the Health Minister and elderly department officers. The new variant (Omicron) has’ vulnerable escape eventuality’and possible transmissibility advantage compared to Delta variant, and posterior transmission of Omicron in South East Asia region, including India was’ high’, he stated in the letter.
Radhakrishnan advised that in case of another swell of COVID-19 driven by the’Omicron’variant, the consequences would be’ severe.’He stressed that enhancing surveillance and field position examinations, use of facial masks, physical distancing, and hand hygiene remain crucial to reducing transmission of COVID-19 He also said authorities should insure that mitigation plans are put in place to maintain essential health services and necessary health care coffers are in place to respond to eventuality surges I would like to inform that in light of colorful reports of arising new variant of concern and the anxiety among people, the situation has been participated not only to sensitise the sections on the arising script but also that we’re adequately set and are ready to attack similar public healthchallenges.,”the top health functionary said.
Karnataka
Pertaining to the dread created by Omicron, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday, November 28, said,”The new variant has been reported in South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana. The World Health Organisation has also issued an alert about the new strain of the contagion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too has issued guidelines to help and control the new variant. Still, no cases of the new strain have been reported in Karnataka Those arriving from the countries which have reported the new strain are being compulsorily tested at the airfields and they would be allowed into the metropolises only if they’re plant negative, he said. Those who test positive would be shifted to the constraint zone.”We’ve requested the Union government to ban the appearance of passengers from the three countries which have reported the new strain,”Bommai said Two South African returnees to Bengaluru, who tested positive for COVID-19, were plant to be infected with the Delta variant, a Karnataka functionary said on Sunday.
Kerala
Kerala too, has taken preventative measures as per the guidelines of the Union government. In a statement, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said that surveillance would be stepped up at airfields and added that there was no cause for concern as of now All passengers coming to the state from countries where the variant has been reported will suffer an RT-PCR test within 72 hours. Veena George added that samples would also be transferred for inheritable testing, to identify if any variants were present in the state.
Andhra Pradesh
While the Andhra Pradesh government has n’t issued any separate statement on the Omicron variant, it’s anticipated to follow guidelines issued by the Union government. This would include screening transnational passengers arriving at the three main airfields in the state — in Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati. The YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government is also anticipated to spark its vill and ward levies to keep a track on the variant According to the state government’s COVID-19 dashboard, which is streamlined every 24 hours, the state has reported20.69 lakh cases, of which20.53 lakh have recovered while14.438 people succumbed to the complaint. The number of active cases in Andhra Pradesh stands at.
