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The government on Thursday said that two per cent of passengers arriving on every international flight will be subjected to random coronavirus tests from December 24. The Union Health Ministry has written a letter in this regard to the Ministry of Civil Aviation amid the increase in the cases of corona virus in many countries including China.Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter to his Civil Aviation Ministry counterpart Rajeev Bansal said, “After random test, if someone is found to be Covid-positive, the sample will have to be sent for genomic testing to the designated INSACOG laboratory network.” Passengers will be allowed to leave the airport after submitting samples for random testing.
Bhushan said, ‘A copy of the positive report will be shared by the concerned testing laboratory with the Integrated Disease Surveillance Program at shoc.idsp@ncdc.gov.in (in addition to sharing with APHOS), followed by the concerned state or union territory Will be shared with.
In the letter, Bhushan said that as a result of its sustained efforts and focus on the five-fold strategy of Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and adherence to COVID-appropriate behavior, India has been able to effectively contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country so far. has been able to.
The number of new cases of COVID-19 globally remains alarmingly high, with nearly 5.9 lakh daily new cases reported on average as of December 19, 2022. He said this jump in the trajectory of COVID-19 is particularly concerning in Japan, the United States, South Korea, Brazil, France and China, where cases continue to rise.
Source : Bihar Breaking News
