Keeping close eye on new Covid-19 variants: Health Minister tells Lok Sabha
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Keeping close eye on new Covid-19 variants: Health Minister tells Lok Sabha

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Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Minister of Health, stated on Thursday that the Center is closely monitoring new Covid-19 variants. The minister said in a speech to the Lok Sabha that the states have been urged to accelerate genome sequencing and enact masking norms. We are seeing rising Covid cases & deaths due to it in China.” “We are keeping an eye on the global Covid situation & are taking steps accordingly. Further assuring about the measures taken by the government to tackle the Covid surge in other countries, the Minister said, “Random sampling of international travellers arriving at airports has started.” Mandaviya said that states have been asked to conduct genome sequencing of every Covid case, it would enable tracking of new variants.

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