RT-PCR test mandatory for arrivals from China, four other countries: Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday announced that RTPCR test has been made mandatory for passengers coming from five countries including ChinaThe RTPCR test to be mandatory for international arrivals from China Japan South Korea Hong Kong and Thailand On arrival if any passenger from these countries is found symptomatic or tests positive for Covid19 infection then heshe will be put under quarantine Health Minister Mandaviya said in a conversation with ANIAlso Read Why the world is worried about BF7 variant of Covid19He also said that the Air Suvidha form filling to declare the current health status will also be made compulsory for international passengers arriving from these Asian countriesTaking note of the rising cases of COVID globally Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said that the Centre and States need to work in tandem and in a collaborative spirit as was done during the previous surgesMandaviya while chairing a virtual meeting Friday with the health ministers of the states Principal Secretaries Additional Chief Secretaries and Information Commissioners said that the country needs to be on the alert and be fully prepared for COVID managementThe meeting was held in view of the recent upsurge in cases in some countries like China Japan Brazil and the United States in the presence of Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar NITI Aayog member V K Paul to review the public health preparedness for containment and management of COVID19 and progress of national COVID19 vaccination campaignManadaviya has also stressed the importance of public awareness campaigns regarding adherence to Covidappropriate behaviour in view of the upcoming festive seasonHe asked the State Health Ministers to personally monitor and review the preparedness of all infrastructure and ensure adequate stock of essential medicinesNotably Union Health Ministry has already issued Operational Guidelines for Revised Surveillance Strategy in context of COVID19 in June 2022 which calls for early detection isolation testing and timely management of suspected and confirmed cases to detect and contain outbreaks of new SARSCoV2 variantsOn Thursday Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told Parliament India will start randomly testing two per cent of international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID19 in view of rising cases of COVID in China and other countriesThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Saturday morning informed that in the past 24 hours India recorded 201 new COVID19 infectionsThe countrys active caseload currently stands at 3397 which accounts for 001 per cent of the total casesThe recovery rate currently is at 988 per cent As many as 183 recoveries were made in the last 24 hours thereby taking the total recoveries to 44142791The daily positivity rate stood at 015 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stood at 014 per centMandaviya told parliament on Thursday that the government has started random RTPCR sampling among the passengers arriving at international airports in the country amid the recent surge of coronavirus infection in various countries including China Japan South Korea France and the United StatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever