The emergence of omicron covid variants in South Africa have caused supervision on all tourists from high-risk countries in the world.
In Mumbai, the possibility of omicron cases increased to 29 since supervision began in 1.
“We have found 20 travelers from positive high-risk countries.
They included 16 men and four women.
When tracking contact from these 20 patients, we were found Nine is positive, “said BMC executive health worker Dr.
Mangala Gomare.
The sample of all these patients has been sent to the sequencing of the intact genome.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Monday that the government needed to take tight steps as Omicron.
Now infecting children.
Four daughters and nephews A Pimpri Chinchwad patient – is between 10 identified with Omicron variants in Maharashtra.
Pawar also said the center must come out with a polous dose policy.
“Given the growth.” Given the crisis growth Omikron, it is very important that the Central Government Health Department announced and adopted a policy will be strict.
The cities that have international airports must have a separate set of rules, “said Pawar to MediaPeron.
In Mumbai, the health machine has been tweaked to respond to the threat caused by Omicron, said Karka.
He said the quarantine policy was there.” Our war rooms have been activated to track contacts.
We conduct a massive IEC (Information, Education and Communication) program to observe the appropriate behavior of Covid, “he said, adding that the policy would be tweaked if the case rose.
Giving details of international passengers who arrived in Mumbai, Pune Airport and Nagpur Since December 1, Dr.
Shaute said all 6,263 travelers from high-risk countries have so far experienced a covid test; 11 tested positively.
Their samples have been sent to the order of the genome to check the omicron variant.
28,437 who arrived from risky countries, 635 was tested And there is nothing positive.
The state also conducts field supervision checks on passengers who arrive from high-risk countries between 1 and 30 November.
“Really, we have collected 34 positive covid samples that have been sent for genome sequencing,” said Dr.
Weaving.