The new variant of the coronavirus pandemic, Omicron, is once again causing a stir across the world.This is due to the data that Omicron is spreading faster than other variants, including Delta.
The Omicron variant, which originated in South Africa, is spreading faster to other countries like Britain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Hong Kong, Israel, Australia, the Netherlands and many other countries.With this, all the nations were alerted.
Already, some countries have imposed restrictions on people coming from South Africa.India is also on alert.
The Omicron variant, which started in South Africa, has now spread to many countries around the world.As a result, 18 countries imposed sanctions on South Africa.
With this, the union govt focused on international travellers.Officials are paying special attention to international travellers arriving at Shamshabad Airport in Hyderabad.
The officials are conducting Corona diagnostic tests at the Shamshabad airport for travellers from different countries.Officials confirmed that 185 passengers arrived from South Africa on 25, 26, and 27th of this month.
Special teams conducted RT-PCR tests on all those who came to Hyderabad.Of these, 11 were tested Covid positive.
Their samples were sent to CCMB for genome sequencing.
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