Omicron Effect: Chorus Grows In Opposition To Normal Foreign Flight Operations

Omicron Effect: Chorus grows in opposition to normal foreign flight operations

New Delhi, Nov 30, : .India is voicing its opposition to normal international flight operations starting December 15.

 Omicron Effect: Chorus Grows In Opposition To Normal Foreign Flight Operations-TeluguStop.com

This is in spite of the new and apparently more infectious ‘Omicron variant of Covid-19.
The Centre advises states and UTs that the demand is in line with its advisory to ensure preparedness of their health infrastructure, such as O2 beds, ventilators, ICUs, and other services.

It also recommends that they focus on rural areas.

Many countries have closed their airspaces or placed restrictions on incoming passengers at the moment.

Many are now questioning the Centre’s decision to open the sector in this environment, especially after the second wave of Covid-19 that was unleashed by Delta variant.

LocalCircles conducted a survey and found that the majority of people want the Centre’s decision to lift foreign flights to be reconsidered in light of the new Omicron/Covid B.1.1.529 variant.

The survey revealed that two-thirds of respondents wanted the government to reconsider its decision to resume international flights starting December 15, 2021, in light the new Omicron and Covid B.1.1.529 variants.

Due to rising Covid-19 Delta cases, many European countries are currently in lockdown.Japan has also suspended international flights.

A few countries also have strict restrictions or banned international flights.

Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister, raised concerns Tuesday about the delay in international flight cancellations.

“Many countries have stopped flights from Omicron-affected nations.

Why are we putting off? We had delayed the halting of foreign flights even in the initial wave.The majority of foreign flights are from Delhi.Delhi is the most affected.”Please stop all flights immediately,” Kejriwal wrote on Twitter.

According to the Centre’s guidelines passengers from countries considered ‘at-risk’ will need to be tested upon arrival.These guidelines will be in effect starting Tuesday at midnight.

Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, chaired a high level meeting with states and the UTs to review preparedness and measures in light of reports about Omicron variants of Covid-19 in different countries.

The states were advised by the United Nations to improve their surveillance of international passengers and strengthen their testing infrastructure.

They also needed to monitor hotspots effectively and ensure that there was an increase in health infrastructure.

However, aviation stakeholders are not in favor of blanket bans.

“Well, suspending or extend the suspension of flights would be a knee-jerk reaction.Rajiv Mehra, President of IATO, stated that better screening is needed at airports to ensure that only fully vaccinated individuals travel to the country.

“We should be alert, but not alarmist.Experts in medicine agree that there shouldn’t be a panic, but we should still wear masks and follow Covid appropriate behavior.”

India has decided to allow the resumption commercial international scheduled passenger services starting December 15.

The government stated that there will be a controlled resumption from countries considered “at risk” by Health Ministry.

There are more than 10 countries on the “at-risk” list, including countries in Europe and South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, Botswana, China, Bangladesh, Botswana, and Botswana.

The nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19 caused passenger air services to be suspended in March 2020.

Domestic flight services were resumed on May 25, 2020, but international flights were only maintained through bilateral ‘Bubble Agreements.

India has signed air bubble pacts (with 28 countries)

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