BREAKING: Delhi fully prepared to tackle Omicron, will send all Covid samples for genome sequencing, says Arvind Kejriwal

While urging people not to panic amid the rise of Omicron, Kejriwal said, “Experts say Omicron is a mild variant of Covid. The number of hospitalisations and deaths are fairly low because of Omicron."

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that there is ''no need to panic'' amid the spread of the new coronavirus variant – Omicron - in the national capital.

The AAP chief also assured that the Delhi government is fully prepared to deal with the Omicron surge. “There is no need to panic in view of Omicron threat, we have adequate arrangements at the hospitals if there is any spread of new Covid variant,” Delhi CM Kejriwal said while addressing a press conference.

While urging people not to panic amid the rise of Omicron, Kejriwal said, “Experts say Omicron is a mild variant of Covid. The number of hospitalisations and deaths are fairly low because of Omicron."