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The Tamil Nadu health department is on high alert after a person tested positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia.
The development has rung warning bells in Tamil Nadu, as many people from the southern state stay in Saudi Arabia, who frequently travel back to their home state.
According to the officials, the person -- whose identity has not been revealed by the Saudi authorities -- had been to one of the African countries recently.
While Saudi Arabia has already banned flight services from many African nations, it has been learnt from the sources that the person who tested positive had arrived in Dubai before the ban on flights from African nations was imposed.
While sources in the Tamil Nadu health department denied any detection of Omicron cases in the state, the department is taking extra precautions to ensure no one in the state gets infected with the new variant.
Tamil Nadu has several people working in Saudi Arabia and the new Omicron case is of a person who had reached that country a few days before.
The state health department is not taking any chances and has opened several counters for RT-PCR tests at the Chennai International Airport.
Meanwhile, the parliamentary panel said in its report that when the government's thrust is on digitisation, frequent suspension of the internet on flimsy grounds is uncalled for and must be avoided.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, in its report titled 'Suspension of Telecom and Internet Services and Its Impact' called for defining the parameters and a robust mechanism for internet shutdown.
It noted that the suspension of telecom services and the internet frequently affected the life and liberty of people.
The Committee said, When the Government's thrust is on digitisation and knowledge economy with free and open access to the internet at its core, frequent suspension of internet on flimsy grounds is uncalled for and must be avoided.
There is a need to monitor the exercise of this provision so that these are not misused to the disadvantage of people at large. The Committee, therefore, recommend that a proper mechanism is put in place at the earliest to decide on the merit or appropriateness of telecom/internet shutdowns, it said in the report.
5 more persons, who arrived in Mumbai from 'at risk countries' test COVID-19 positive
Amid concerns over the new Omicron variant of Coronavirus, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials told PTI on Thursday, five more persons, who arrived in Mumbai from 'at risk countries' tested positive for COVID-19 infection.
Government will prepare new SoPs to tackle new variant, says Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bomani
After Karnataka confirmed two positive cases of Covid-19's Omicron variant, state CM Basavaraj Bomani said the government will prepare new SoPs to tackle the new variant.
"We are holding a meeting tomorrow with all these details. We will come out with new SoPs as far as the Omicron is concerned. We are trying to get the experts' view and Government of India's guidelines on this," Bommai informed the media personnel on Thursday.
Germany Bans Unvaccinated People From Bars And Shops
Germany has decided to ban unvaccinated people from many public places unless they have recently recovered from Coronavirus.
"Culture and leisure nationwide will be open only to those who have been vaccinated or recovered," Merkel said, BBC.com reported.
"We have understood that the situation is very serious and that we want to take further measures in addition to those already taken," she added.
Omicron in India
Three primary contacts and two secondary contacts of the 46-year-old male tested positive between 22nd and 25th November. All are isolated: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
— ANI (@ANI) December 2, 2021
Their samples have been sent for genome sequencing, results are awaited.
Mumbai drugs on cruise case
A local court in Palghar remanded Kiran Gosavi (NCB witness in Mumbai drugs on cruise case) to police custody till December 7.
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