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  • All passengers from UK to be tested for COVID-19 on arrival between January 8-30: Health Ministry

    By Express News Service
    NEW DELHI: The passengers reaching India from the UK between January 8 and January 30 will have to carry negative RT-PCR tests and will be subjected to selfpaid Covid-19 tests on arrival, the Centre said in a standard operating procedure issued on Saturday. Travellers from the UK will need to get their negative reports from tests done 72 hours prior to the journey, as per the guidelines. India had suspended all flights to and from the UK from December 23 to 31 to check the spread of the mutated and more contagious variant of coronavirus found there. Later, the suspension was extended till January 7.

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    The restrictions however will be relaxed from January 8 and 30 flights per week will operate between India and the UK in an arrangement that will continue till January 23. “Airlines to ensure the availability of negative test reports before allowing the passenger to board the flight,” the health ministry’s SOP said, adding that adequate arrangements should be made for the passengers who will be waiting for their RT-PCR test or its results at the airport.

    “Passengers testing positive shall be isolated in an institutional isolation facility in a separate (isolation) unit coordinated by the respective state health authorities,” the SOP said. If the genomic sequencing indicates the presence of the new variant of SAR S-CoV-2, the patient will continue to remain in a separate isolation unit, as per the guidelines. The patient will be tested on the 14th day after having tested positive and he or she will be kept in the isolation facility till his or her sample has tested negative, it added.

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    If a passenger tests Covidpositive on arrival, passengers seated in the same row, three rows in front and three rows behind would also be subjected to institutional quarantine in separate quarantine centres, as per the planned protocol. The passengers who are found Covid-negative after the tests conducted at the airport would be advised home quarantine for 14 days and the concerned state or district administration should regularly follow up with them.

  • 5 Corona positives found in Air India flight from London, stirred up

    5 passengers of Air India flight returned from London to Delhi have been found Corona positive. Due to the threat of Corona virus strain, a new form of Corona virus in European countries, India has banned flights coming from Britain but testing has been made necessary for passengers who were already scheduled to fly. 5 passengers have left Corona positive.

    Air India flight arrived from London late in the night and all passengers including flight crew members were corona tested, a total of 266 corona tests were done, out of which 5 people were found positive. Passengers found positive have been sent to the care center and their samples have been sent to NCDC for further investigation.

    In view of the threat of new strain of corona virus, the Indian government has closed all flights to London on Tuesday evening till 31 December. Corona virus strain is believed to be more deadly than the current corona virus and it is being said that its infection has spread in many countries of Europe including Britain. Many countries of the world have stopped flight services to Europe.

  • Corona infection situation in the state under control: Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel

    The Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel attended the Chief Ministers Meeting organized by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through video conferencing from his residence office here today. The meeting reviewed measures to prevent and prevent corona infection in various states and discussed preparations and action plans for the introduction of vaccine in the near future.

    Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel told in the meeting that the condition of corona infection in the state is under control. 23 thousand tests are being done daily. There was no corona infection before in rural areas. Later, something has increased. Mitanins here have done well in preventing corona infection. There has been an increase in the number of oxygen facility beds and ICU beds in hospitals. All medical colleges have RTPCR facility. Four new labs have been established for testing. After the month of October, there has been a decline in the new caso of Corona. The corona caso has decreased by 50 percent. No reduction in testing has been done. He said that in the month of July there were 4 percent positive cases in the state, 8 percent in August, 15 percent in September, 10.5 percent in October, 7 percent in November. Death rate was one percent in October-November. The Chief Minister said that initially there were very few cases of corona in Chhattisgarh, but the infection increased due to those coming from other states. He said that oxygen plots would be set up in medical colleges.

    Health Minister Shri T.S. Singhdev, Home Minister Shri Tamradhwaj Sahu, Chief Secretary Shri RP Mandal, Director General of Police Shri DM. Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Subrata Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary Health Mrs. Renuji Pillay, Director of National Health Mission Dr. Priyanka Shukla and Director Health Mr. Neeraj Bansod were present.

  • Daily cases of corona decline, 37975 infected in last 24 hours

    On Monday, the active cases of corona virus have again declined, which is a matter of relief. According to the data released by the Union Health Ministry, there has been a decrease of 4819 active cases of corona virus across the country during the last 24 hours, now there are 438667 active cases of corona virus in the country.

    However, despite the decrease in active cases of Corona, 37,975 new Corona cases have been registered across the country during the last 24 hours. According to the Health Ministry, the total cases of corona virus in the country have now risen to 91,77,840. According to the Ministry of Health, a total of 8604955 people of the Corona virus have been cured across the country.

    If you look at the statistics of the Ministry of Health, the number of people who lost their lives due to corona is also increasing continuously, the recovery rate is definitely improved but the deaths are not decreasing, during 24 hours, 480 people due to corona across the country Has died and 134218 people have died across the country due to this virus.

    According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, more than 10.99 lakh corona tests have been conducted across the country on Friday and the total testing figure in the country has crossed 13.36 crore.

  • 45,903 new cases of Kovid-19 in the country, 490 more deaths

    There is a continuous decrease in the active cases of corona virus in the country, but the speed with which new cases of corona virus is increasing in the capital of the country is a cause for concern. Apart from this, the mortality rate of corona virus is also decreasing continuously in the country. The active cases of corona virus in the country are now less than 6 percent.

    According to the data released by the Union Health Ministry on Monday morning, 45903 new cases of corona have been reported across the country during the last 24 hours and now the total number of corona cases in the country has reached 85,53,657.

    However, most of the numbers in this figure have been recovered. According to the Health Ministry, out of 45903 new corona cases that have come up in the entire country in the last 24 hours, 7745 cases are from Delhi alone and most of the cases are now coming to Delhi.

    Talking about those who lost their lives due to corona, according to the Health Ministry, during the 24 hours, 490 people have died due to corona throughout the country. Till now, this deadly virus has killed a total of 126,611 people.

    According to the Union Health Ministry, till Thursday morning, the total number of cases cured by corona virus across the country has been recorded 7917373. According to the Health Ministry, during the last 24 hours, 48405 people have been cured of Corona virus across the country. Corona virus recovery rate in the country has increased to 92.56 percent. Now only 509673 cases of corona are left in the country, which is only 5.95 percent of the total cases.

    According to Indian Council of Medical Research, over 8.35 lakh corona tests have been conducted across the country on Sunday and the total testing figure in the country has crossed 11.85 crore.