Delhi live news: Amid fear of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, a total of 10 passengers coming from ‘at-risk’ countries have tested positive for Covid-19. Of the passengers who arrived at IGI Airport Thursday and tested positive for Covid, three came from Paris, two from London and one from Doha, with a recent travel history to South Africa. On Wednesday, four other passengers — three from Amsterdam and one m London — had tested positive.
Long lines, crowded lounges, unclear instructions and costly Covid tests — these were some complaints passengers from ‘at risk’ countries landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport had on Wednesday morning, as new guidelines came into effect against the backdrop of the new Covid variant.
Under the guidelines, all passengers coming from ‘at-risk’ countries have to compulsorily undergo RT-PCR tests and five per cent of passengers arriving from other countries would have to take the test on a random basis Airport officials said that more than 1,700 passengers were screened at the Terminal 3 of the airport on Wednesday.
3 out of the 243 people on the Air France flight that landed at Delhi airport around midnight tested positive for Covid, One more person travelling with 195 others on a flight from London was found to be infected with COVID-19, an official told news agency Press Trust of India.
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A senior Delhi government official told The Indian Express: “A total of six sensitive flights landed in Delhi from Wednesday 10 pm to Thursday 6 am. The passengers came from Paris, Frankfurt, London and Moscow. Four of them tested positive for Covid-19 and have been sent for treatment. They will be tested for Omicron.”
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On Wednesday, more than 1,700 passengers from such countries arrived in Delhi.
Omicron Covid Variant Highlights: Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that two cases of Omicron variant have been discovered in the country. According to Joint Secretary of the Union Home Ministry Lav Agarwal, both cases have been identified in Karnataka.
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Coronavirus Active Cases in India Today, COVID-19 New Variant Omicron Latest News 2 December 2021: While one case is of a male aged 46, the other is of a male aged 66. No severe symptom reported so far.
Omicron Covid Variant Highlights: Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that two cases of Omicron variant have been discovered in the country. According to Joint Secretary of the Union Home Ministry Lav Agarwal, both cases have been identified in Karnataka.
“No severe symptoms of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 reported so far,” Agarwal said during a media briefing. “All Omicron related cases are found to have mild symptoms so far…all such cases in the country and across the world so far, no severe symptom has been noted. WHO has said that its emerging evidence is being studied,” he added.
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