India removes Singapore from list of ‘at-risk’ nations
New Delhi: India has removed Singapore from its list of”at- threat” nations, trippers from where need to follow fresh measures on appearance includingpost-arrival testing.
The current list of”at- threat” countries includes countries in Europe including the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Ghana, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Hong Kong and Israel This development comes as Omicron has been reported in 57 countries, and World Health Organization (WHO) expects the number to continue growing.
Taking cognizance of the emergence of largely mutant Covid-19 variantB.1.1529 or Omicron cases, India added several countries to the list from where trippers would need to follow fresh measures on appearance in the country, includingpost-arrival testing for infection A new variant of COVID-19 was first reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) from South Africa on November 25. As per the WHO, the first known verifiedB.1.1.529 infection was from a instance collected on November 9 this time.
On November 26, the WHO named the new COVID-19 variantB.1.1.529, which has been detected in South Africa, as’Omicron’. The WHO has classified Omicron as a’variant of concern’ Dozens of countries have assessed trip restrictions on the southern African nations since the mutation was discovered The new Omicron coronavirus variant has been verified in 23 countries and their number is anticipated to rise, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had said.
