Officials to monitor screening, testing at international airports
The Hindu
Health Dept. appoints assistant programme managers
An assistant programme manager has been appointed on behalf of the Health Department at each international airport in the State to monitor the screening and testing of travellers, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said.
Shortly after inspecting the screening of passengers at the Chennai international airport on Saturday, he said assistant project managers had been appointed at the international airports in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchi. They will coordinate with the staff involved in the screening and testing of passengers and supervise works, in the light of the new COVID-19 variant, first detected in South Africa.
The variant, Omicron, has been reported in five countries so far.
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