A warm welcome to Foreign Minister Lemogang Kwape of Botswana on his first official visit to India. The visit will further strengthen our bilateral relations.
Hyderabad: The State Health Department has sounded a high alert and has tightened surveillance activities at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport after the highly-transmissible new variant B.1.1.529 of SARS-CoV-2 virus was reported in South Africa. The surveillance teams are focusing on all international travellers from and transiting through Botswana, South Africa, Israel, Belgium and Hong […]
The new variant B 1.1. 529, which was designated as a ‘Variant of Concern’ by World Health Organisation on Friday night, has been assigned the name Omicron. Reported by public health officials of South Africa, the new variant has triggered a lot of concern worldwide over a probable resurgence of Covid infections. While many new […]
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday asked all States and Union territories to conduct rigorous screening and testing of all international travellers coming from or transiting through South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana, where a new COVID-19 variant of serious public health implications has been reported. In a letter to additional chief secretaries or principal […]