Insacog, a top scientific advisory group of the government, has recommended Covid-19 testing for all travellers coming from South Africa, Hong Kong, Israel and other affected countries amid concerns over a new ‘variant of concern’ called Omicron.
The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog), a consortium of government institutions involved in the genome sequencing of the novel coronavirus, has also decided to conduct genome sequencing for all international travellers who have come into the country and tested positive for the virus in the last two-three weeks, some of its members told ET on Saturday.
