Enhanced surveillance against Omicron: Veena
The Hindu
Monitoring stepped up at all four international airports in State
Kerala has taken all precautions for enhanced disease surveillance now that the presence of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron has been confirmed in many world nations, Health Minister Veena George has said.
All precautions have been taken in line with the directives issued by the Centre. Surveillance is being stepped up at all four international airports in the State and all international travellers, especially those coming from Europe, United Kingdom, and 11 other nations deemed to be at “high risk”, will be put under surveillance.
The travellers coming into the State from these nations will have to undergo RT-PCR testing at the airports as soon as they land and they will have to go on quarantine for seven days, even if they test negative for COVID-19.