At a high-level meeting this afternoon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will examine the situation on Covid-19 and related factors in the nation.

A day following four cases of BF, there will be a meeting.

The Omicron 7 variation, which is to blame for the increase of Covid-19 cases in China, was discovered in India.

Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Minister of Health, assessed the situation on Wednesday and urged people to act in a Covid-appropriate way by getting vaccinated and using masks in crowded locations.

Official sources have said random sample testing will be done at airports for international passengers arriving from China and other countries. There has been a sudden spurt in Covid cases in China and some other countries.

Amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, China, and the US, the central government had on Tuesday urged all states and union territories to gear up the whole genome sequencing of positive samples to keep track of emerging variants.

In a letter to the states and UTs, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had said such an exercise will enable timely detection of newer variants, if any, circulating in the country and will facilitate the undertaking of requisite public health measures.