Delhi CM to hold a meeting to discuss measures taken to combat "Omicron"

Delhi govt. mandates RT-PCR for passengers travelling from six-affected countries

New Delhi: The globe is facing a new variant of COVID-19 - Omicron. Taking notes from the current scenario the Delhi Chief Minister has scheduled a meeting today to discuss and review the preparedness to deal with Omicron and a possible third wave.

In a tweet on CMO (Chief Minister's Office) of Delhi, wrote: "On Tuesday, November 30 at 11 AM, CM @ArvindKejriwal will hold a meeting with the concerned officials to review the preparedness of Delhi in the wake of new COVID-19 variant and third wave."

According to the Delhi Govt., going through the RT-PCR test is a mandate to all the passengers travelling from the six affected countries.

The decisions were taken in the 27th meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) chaired by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Monday.

In a tweet by Delhi Lt. Baijal, "It was decided that a mandatory RT-PCR test would be needed for travellers coming from these affected countries and samples of those who test positive would be sent for genome sequencing."

Mr Baijal said, "To effectively tackle the emerging situation, Officials were advised to strictly enforce the guidelines for international arrivals as issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI in coordination with the Ministry of Civil Aviation."

"After detailed deliberations as advised by experts it was decided to continue to strictly adhere to the Test, Track, Treat strategy with special focus on surveillance, isolation of positive cases, contact tracing and strict enforcement of COVID Appropriate Behaviour," Mr Baijal tweeted.

According to sources, the six Omicron-affected countries discussed at today's meeting include Belgium, Israel, Hong Kong, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Ways to prevent the spread of the new Covid-19 variant 'Omicron' were also discussed in today's meeting.