Corona LIVE in the country: Corona blast at Matoshree Old Age Home in Thane, 55 senior citizens and 7 staff members report positive

62 people have been found corona positive at Matoshree Old Age Home in Thane, near Mumbai. This Old Age Home is in Khadawali of Bhiwandi Tehsil of Thane District. Among those found corona positive, 55 are senior citizens, who live in old age homes. Rest 7 people are employees of this old age home.

The reports of all the infected were found positive on Saturday night. After this, the Old Age Home Administration immediately admitted him to Thane Civic Hospital and started treatment. According to Ashok Patil, medical in-charge and manager of Old Age Home, all the senior citizens found positive had taken both doses of the corona vaccine. The district administration has declared the entire area as a containment zone. Health workers have been ordered to conduct a health survey of all the people of the area.

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7 officers who came for duty during the President’s visit in Rishikesh, Corona positive, among them two policemen
President Ram Nath Kovind was in Rishikesh on Sunday. 7 officers posted during his visit have been found corona positive. There are two policemen among them. All of them had come for duty from Pauri Garhwal. According to Uttarakhand Police, all have been quarantined.

President Kovind had reached the first convocation of Patanjali University in Haridwar. During this, he said that the biggest contribution of Ramdev is to dispel the age-old myth that yoga is for saints. Yoga belongs to all and is for all. It is a system to keep our mind and body healthy. It is not related to any particular community or religious sect. After this he attended the Ganga Aarti in Rishikesh.

New guidelines for international passengers will be applicable from December 1
The central government on Sunday evening issued revised guidelines for international passengers regarding the new corona variant Omicron. According to the Union Health Ministry, now the international passenger will have to upload his travel history and negative RT-PCR report on the Air Suvidha Portal of the Central Government before starting the journey.

Earlier, the Union Home Ministry had talked about presenting the guidelines afresh during the emergency meeting in the day itself. The Union Health Ministry issued revised guidelines late on Sunday evening. The new guidelines will come into effect from December 1.

In the new guidelines, travelers coming to India from any international destination will be asked for a record of their travel history of the last 14 days, that is, which country they visited during this period. This exercise is being done so that it can be seen that during this time they did not go to the countries included in the ‘At Risk’ list by the Central Government.

Apart from this, they will also have to show negative RT-PCR report. Passengers will have to upload both these reports on the Air Suvidha Portal of Government of India before starting their journey.

CM Thackeray holds emergency meeting with Maharashtra Health Department
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) announced making it mandatory to show a vaccination certificate for traveling in government bus services in Mumbai from Monday. BEST operates the government bus service in Mumbai. BEST said that from Monday only those passengers will be allowed to board the bus, who will show certificates of taking both doses of corona vaccine.

The Maharashtra government had made this mandatory in the guidelines issued on Saturday. The government had said that if those who do not take the vaccine are found traveling in the bus, they will be fined. Along with this, the bus driver, conductor and bus operator agency will also be fined.

On the other hand, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray held an emergency meeting with the state health department officials on Sunday. In the meeting, everyone was ordered to keep a watchful eye on the passengers coming from international destinations in the state. After the meeting, CM Thackeray said that if the people of the state do not want another lockdown, then they will have to strictly follow the Kovid protocol. 832 new positive cases were found in Maharashtra on Sunday, while 33 people died due to corona infection. There are still 8,193 active patients in the state.

Government will also review the existing SOP for international passengers

The Union Home Ministry held an emergency meeting on Sunday regarding the new corona variant Omicron. In the meeting held under the chairmanship of the Home Secretary, it was said that the date of resumption of international commercial flights will be reviewed. It will depend on how the situation in the world is going to be in the coming days.

It was said in the meeting that the government will also review the existing SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) regarding testing and surveillance of passengers coming from international destinations. In particular, a separate SOP will be issued for those passengers who are coming from countries placed in the ‘at risk’ category. Along with this, a close watch will be kept on the emergence of epidemic situation within the country as well. The health officers of the airport and sea-port have been ordered to strictly follow the testing protocol.

Omicron may 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.

Center directs states to increase surveillance of hotspots, strictly enforce isolation
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 the 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%.

Rajesh Bhushan has directed all the states and union territories to strictly enforce quarantine and isolation with regard to Omicron. (file photo)

Tourists coming from ‘at risk’ countries will have RT-PCR test at Delhi airport
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 Kovid positive report will be sent to Kovid Center. Tourists coming from other countries at risk will be sampled and results will be sent to them on mobile or email.

Corona blast in Odisha’s Government Girls High School, 25 girl students positive
25 girl students of Government Girls High School in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha have been found corona positive. Chief District Medical Officer Dr. Rupwanu Mishra said that some students had symptoms of cough and cold. We got RAT (Rapid Antigen Test) done. During this, 25 girl students were found infected. His condition is stable. Earlier, the number of people infected after freshers’ party at Dharwad Medical College in Karnataka has increased to 306. There are still reports of more than one thousand samples yet to come.

The number of corona infected increased to 306 in the Medical College of Karnataka
The number of corona positive students and staff has increased from 281 to 306 in Dharwad Medical College, Karnataka. On Saturday, Dharwad DM Nitesh Patil had said that the reports of more samples are yet to come. This figure may increase.

Two hostels in the college campus have been sealed. Infected students are being provided treatment in their hostel rooms. The movement of people in the campus has been stopped. A fresher’s party was organized in the college on November 17, due to which the spread of corona is being estimated. However, no serious cases have been found due to all the infected being fully vaccinated.

New restrictions implemented for people coming from abroad in Mumbai
In view of the threat of Omicron, new restrictions have been imposed in Mumbai for people coming from abroad. Under this, people arriving in the city will be monitored and corona tested. According to the guidelines issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), travelers coming here from South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana will be required to undergo RT-PCR test.

8,774 corona cases were found in the country in the last 24 hours
In the last 24 hours, 8,774 corona cases and 621 deaths have been registered in India. At present, there are a total of 1.05 lakh active cases of corona in the country. The number of daily corona cases is below 20 thousand for the last 51 days and less than 50 thousand cases have been registered since 154 days.

Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar called a meeting today, restrictions may be imposed in Pune again
Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar will hold a meeting with all district collectors and divisional commissioners on Sunday regarding the new variant and preparations for Corona. On Saturday, he held a meeting with the officers in Pune. Pawar is also the Guardian Minister of Pune. He said that the situation of Corona in Pune is better than before. There are more people coming here from other countries. We are monitoring the situation. Seeing the situation, restrictions in Pune can be considered.

Cases are increasing continuously in Pune, Maharashtra, due to which restrictions can be imposed there.

Corona spreading rapidly in the country
Corona infection is again creating worrying situation in the country. In the last 30 days in 10 big states, 2400 student coronas have been infected. Of these, maximum 1700 students are from Maharashtra. Most of the students who got infected had either attended wedding parties themselves, or their relatives had returned from some program.