As many 288 samples of international travellers have been sent for genome sequencing in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the city’s mayor Kishori Pednekar informed on Saturday. The administration is on constant alert about people returning from the so-called “at-risk” countries, she also said, adding it “has prepared a complete action plan for it,” the news agency ANI reported.
“The airport authorities have been directed to inform our disaster control room on arrivals from these countries,” she also said. Ten ambulances will also be kept on stand by in each ward, she also said as per ANI.
Earlier in the day, the civic body of Mumbai released a new standard operating procedure (SOP) as concerns regarding the Omnicron variant of the coronavirus gripped the country.
