Corona LIVE in the country: Omicron can dodge the vaccine; AIIMS Chief said - more than 30 mutations are present in it

Delhi AIIMS chief Dr. Randeep Guleria has made a shocking claim about how dangerous Omicron can be. He has told that there have been more than 30 mutations in the spike protein region of this variant, due to which it can also dodge the vaccine. In such a situation, it should be seriously investigated how effective the vaccines are against the variant.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has directed all states and union territories to strictly enforce quarantine and isolation with regard to Omicron. Describing Omicron as a variant of concern, he said that do maximum testing and increase surveillance at hotspots. He has also given instructions to increase the scope of vaccination.

Rajesh Bhushan said that there is a process to get information about past air travel of passengers coming through international flights and it should be looked at at the state level. States should try to keep the positivity rate below 5%.

Strict guidelines have been issued at Delhi airport due to fear of new variant Omicron of Corona. Passengers arriving from Omicron's three hotspot areas - South Africa, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong - will have to undergo an RT-PCR test at the Delhi airport and await its report. Only those tourists whose report will come negative will be allowed to exit. Tourists with a Covid positive report will be sent to the Covid Center. Tourists coming from other countries at risk will be sampled and sent to them on mobile or email.