India to tighten visitor testing as new type of COVID discovered | Coronavirus Plague News
Advice has been extended to all countries to carefully monitor and monitor travelers from other countries from South Africa and other countries at risk.
India has provided international advice to assess and evaluate travelers from South Africa and other countries who are “at risk” in the midst of anxiety a new type of coronavirus, after reducing some of the restrictions earlier this month.
The state health ministry said reports of new mutations, known as B.1.1.529, had “public health risks”.
“This change seems to be very interesting the amount of adjustment, thus, poses a serious threat to public health in the country due to the release of visas and the opening of international travel services, “Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a letter to the international community at the end of Thursday.
While some leading Asian countries rushed to tighten borders and ban travelers, India had not yet provided information, a major government source said.
“This has not been fully studied by the Ministry of Health,” a source told Reuters, declining to be identified in line with the guidelines.
The commission said the ministry of health and foreign affairs had not responded to their request to determine whether India would ban foreign travel.
On Friday, the UK Health Security Agency said the new strain contained a protein that was significantly different from that in the original coronavirus that the COVID-19 vaccine had taken. And it can make existing vaccines less effective.
Britain has banned flights from six African countries, and has asked British tourists who have returned from their destinations to stay in isolation.
India, the second country most affected by COVID-19, wrote very low rise in new cases in one and a half years this week, due to an increase in vaccines and antibodies in a large proportion of its population from previous infections.
The country’s total coronavirus cases reached 34.56 million on Friday. The daily increase in India has decreased since September and the country reported 10,549 cases on Friday.
Earlier this month, India identified 10 “high-risk” countries including Britain, China, South Africa, and New Zealand, among others. It has opened its borders to all 99 countries.
India’s shares fell more than 2 percent on Friday, with investors fleeing dangerous goods in fear of the new change. The loss was related to the slowdown that is evident in Asian markets.
