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Covid LIVE updates: China sees massive New Year celebrations amid on-going wave

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Coronavirus live updates: Amid a fresh outbreak of coronavirus in China and other countries, several nations have ramped up their surveillance and testing facilities to control the spread. Canada became the latest country to join other nations to make Covid-19 test mandatory for travellers from mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau. Malaysia, Japan, the United States and Spain are some of the other nations to have increased their Covid testing. India has also started to test and requires a negative RT-PCR test for travellers from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. On the other hand, where Covid is at its peak – China’s Wuhan saw massive New Year celebrations on Saturday night to count down to the start of 2023. Several people were seeing releasing balloons in the sky at midnight and grabbing selfies, reported Reuters. Meanwhile, according to experts, India’s health scenario will not turn out to be like China’s.  The BF.7 variant of Covid-19 – a sublineage of Omicron’s BA.5 variant – is the primary factor in the current outbreak …

India makes negative RT-PCR mandatory for flyers from China, five other nations | Latest News India

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Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said RT-PCR tests – to detect Covid-19 infections – will be mandatory for passengers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand. These are countries reporting a massive surge in Covid cases. “RT-PCR test has been made mandatory for flyers coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand from January 1, 2023. They will have to upload their reports on the Air Suvidha portal before travel,” the health minister said. Also Read | Air India Express releases Covid guidelines for passengers coming from UAE RT-PCR test has been made mandatory for flyers coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand from 1st January 2023. They will have to upload their reports on the Air Suvidha portal before travel. — Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) December 29, 2022 This comes as the government steps up surveillance amid a huge number of Covid cases in several countries, including China. On Wednesday 39 international travellers arriving in India tested positive during 6,000 random …

4 Foreigners Test Covid Positive At Bihar’s Gaya Airport, Isolated

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33 foreigners were tested over the weekend. Patna: Four foreign nationals have tested positive following RTPCR tests at Bihar’s Gaya Airport and have been kept in isolation at a hotel. The four foreigners – one from Myanmar, one from Thailand and two from England – had come to Bodh Gaya. A major site for Buddhist pilgrimage, Bodh Gaya is hosting the Bodh Mahotsav, and is expected to witness the arrival of thousands of devotees from all around the world. According to Dr Ranjan Singh, medical officer in charge of Gaya district, the cases are not serious, however, the authorities are taking all necessary precautions to avoid the spread of the disease.  The foreign nationals were tested at the international airport at the weekend as part of a drill that has been put in place for the Bodh Mahotsav. 33 foreigners were tested over the weekend, out of whom, four tested positive, Dr Singh said.  On Sunday, A 40-year-old man, who had returned from China on Friday, tested positive for coronavirus.  India on Monday registered 196 …

‘Cant see Corona, where is it?’: Cong minister on Mandaviya’s letter to Rahul | Latest News India

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As the Centre has stepped up surveillance and asked the states to be alert in view of rising cases of Coronavirus in China, Congress minister Pratap Singh Khachariya on Saturday asked where Covid is as he can’t see it, in the context of the health minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s letter to Rahul Gandhi. Khachariya further said Mandaviya sent a letter to Rahul Gandhi asking to pause the yatra as a large number of people are supporting Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, while BJP’s ‘Jan Aakrosh Yatra’ has failed, “The Rahul Gandhi Yatra is doing well; thousands of people are participating. Jan Aakrosh Yatra by BJP failed. Health minister wrote to Rahul Gandhi to stop the yatra because of Covid. Where is Covid? We can’t see it. Till now Covid has not come”, Khachariya was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Also Read | Indians have hybrid immunity against BF.7, travel ban not effective: Dr Guleria The minister’s remarks come amid a squabble between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress after Mandaviya’s letter to …

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Mansukh Mandaviya to hold meeting with state health ministers at 3pm, reports ANI

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India has put the focus back on Covid-19 as neighbouring China witnesses a fresh surge in infection rate, which is one of the worst outbreaks in the nation in the last two years.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level review meeting on Thursday where he reiterated that the pandemic is “not over yet”, while directing officials to augment the current surveillance measures, especially at international airports. He asked for Covid-19 testing and genome sequencing to be ramped up, and also urged people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour at all times, especially as the holiday season is near. Meanwhile, Union health minister Mansuk Mandaviya who also held a review meeting with officials and public health experts on Wednesday gave a statement in Parliament during the ongoing winter session, in which he said the central government is constantly keeping a “close eye” on new Covid-19 variants and random testing of foreign arrivals are also happening at airports. The current spike in Covid-19 cases in China is happening due to BF.7 variant, which is not a new emergence …

PM Modi to review Covid situation in India today amid surge in cases in China | Latest News India

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level review meeting on Thursday in regard to the Covid-19 situation in the country, officials said. The meeting comes amid a massive surge in infection rate in China where millions of deaths have been forecast in the forthcoming months. The prime minister will hold the meeting at 3.30pm. It comes a day after Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed the Covid-19 situation in India at a meeting that saw the attendance of NITI Aayog member (health) VK Paul, among other experts. Read all live updates of coronavirus news here Following the meeting, the minister took to Twitter to stress the pandemic is not over yet even as he mentioned that India is “prepared” to combat any scenario. He asked people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and use masks in crowded places, and also to get vaccinated. Among other recommendations after the Wednesday meeting that went on for over two hours, the central government asked states to strengthen surveillance and also conduct genome sequencing of positive Covid-19 samples. It was …