Mandaviya to hold meeting with states on tracking Omicron at airports

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a meeting with the States on airport screening and surveillance with Airport Public Health Officials (APHOs) and Port Health Officials (PHOs)

A health worker checks the body temperature of a traveller as a safety measure against the coronavirus before allowing him to proceed at a railway station in Mumbai on October 9, 2021. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)
A health worker checks the body temperature of a traveller as a safety measure against the coronavirus before allowing him to proceed at a railway station in Mumbai on October 9, 2021. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)
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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday will chair a meeting with the States on airport screening and surveillance with Airport Public Health Officials (APHOs) and Port Health Officials (PHOs), informed the official sources.

"The Health Minister will chair this meeting with the states at 10 am," sources said.

This comes amid the rising concerns of the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron' which is being reported by foreign countries.

The new Omicron variant was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by South Africa on November 24.

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First Published: Dec 02 2021 | 10:28 AM IST

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