PM Modi seeks review of plan to relax global travel curbs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked government officials to review easing of international travel restrictions, following the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant of concern.

The directive came at a two-hour-long intensive review meeting to discuss the state of preparedness and the status of the vaccination drive across the country, amid emerging concerns about the new variant, B.1.1.529 or Omicron.