In the wake of rising coronavirus infections in China, the government is taking several measures including random testing of incoming international travelers to contain the possible spread of the infection.
New Delhi: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia today said that the country is fully prepared to deal with the coronavirus situation.
In the wake of rising coronavirus infections in China, the government is taking several measures, including random testing of incoming international travelers, to contain the possible spread of the infection.
Scindia, who is in charge of the civil aviation and steel ministries, said the country is fully prepared to deal with the coronavirus situation.
Meanwhile, India registered 163 new coronavirus infections, while active cases dropped to 3,380, according to the Union health ministry's data updated on Friday.
The Center has issued 'Guidelines for International Arrivals' due to the sudden increase in COVID cases in China, the US and some other countries. The new guidelines will come into effect from tomorrow i.e. 24th December.
On Thursday, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya made a statement in Parliament and said that India has started random sampling of two per cent of international travelers arriving in the country and may consider making it mandatory for all if needed.
Allaying apprehensions about the BF.7 variant of the corona virus, a leading scientist said that India need not worry too much about its severity on the population. Speaking to PTI, Rakesh Mishra, director of the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), Bangalore, however cautioned that it is always advisable to wear a face mask and avoid unnecessary crowding. The former director of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology further said that China is witnessing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases as the neighboring country has not gone through the different waves of infection that India faced. "It is a sub-variant of Omicron. The main features will be like Omicron except for some minor changes, there is no major difference. Most of us have gone through the Omicron wave. So, we don't have to worry about Essentially, it's the same virus," he said.
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