Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said that in the wake of Coronavirus across the country, people need to be careful. The number of patients infected with Covid is increasing continuously in other countries around the world.
He further added that 2% random testing is being done at all international airports. Regarding Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, Scindia said that people should think about the larger public interest. "We should not make any mistake as it would cause this infection to spread in the country," he said.
The government has issued guidelines regarding coronavirus in the country which should be strictly adhered to. All necessary precautions and measures have been put in place and advisories issued to all states and UTs.
Gaurav Diwas
The minister reached Gwalior airport at 4:00 pm and attended the programme organised on Gaurav Diwas.
“Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday is celebrated as Self-Government Day in the whole country. The Scindia family has attachment towards Atal ji, we should follow the path shown by him,” he added.
Scindia further added that “if we follow the path of self-governance, Gwalior will see development and progress. The great man born in Gwalior has left his identity not only in India but also abroad”.
India registered 201 new Covid cases in past 24 hours
Following the advisory 'Guidelines for International Arrivals', issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has commenced random post-arrival testing for International arrivals at Delhi Airport, said Dr Gauri Agarwal, Founder, Genestrings Diagnostic Center on Sunday."On average approx 25,000 travellers arrive at the IGI Delhi Airport, out of which 500 random passengers are being tested. By the end of the first day, Genestrings had conducted approximately 110 tests," Dr Gauri told ANI.
According to the new instructions by the government, 2 per cent of all passengers arriving at international airports have to undertake random post-arrival testing at the Delhi Airport from December 24. This is being done to reduce the risk of ingress of the new COVID-19 variant BF.7 in India. India recorded 201 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.India's active caseload currently stands at 3,397 which accounts for 0.01 per cent of the total cases.
The recovery rate currently is at 98.8 per cent. As many as 183 recoveries were made in the last 24 hours, thereby taking the total recoveries to 4,41,42,791. The daily positivity rate stood at 0.15 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 0.14 per cent.A total of 1,05,044 COVID-19 doses were administered in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry quoted.
On Saturday Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said that RT-PCR test will be mandatory for all passengers from international arrivals."RT-PCR test to be mandatory for international arrivals from China, Japan, S. Korea, Hong Kong & Thailand. On arrival, if any passenger from these countries is found symptomatic or tests positive for Covid19, then he/she will be put under quarantine," said Mandaviya.Earlier on Thursday Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the status and preparedness of public health response to COVID-19 and emphasised the need for strengthened surveillance with a focus on genome sequencing and increased testing.
(with ANI inputs)
