Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Delhi CM To Hold Review Meeting On Tuesday Over Preparedness In Wake Of Omicron
Breaking News LIVE, November 29, 2021: This LIVE Blog brings to you the latest breaking news of the Parliament Winter Session in India, details on Covid variant Omicron & other news around the globe.
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The Winter Session of Parliament is set to begin on a stormy note today, with the government listing a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws on the first day itself even as the Opposition plans to push for a law on minimum support price on agriculture produce.
The Farm Laws Repeal Bill is slated to be introduced in Lok Sabha today.
Thousands of farmers have been protesting for the past one year against the three legislations and demanding they be repealed.
Several farmer unions have pressed for a law on minimum support price (MSP).
Various opposition parties on Sunday raised the issue of legal backing for MSP at an all-party meet called by the government ahead of the session.
The opposition also raised the issue of compensation for family members of farmers who had died during the year-long protests against the laws.
Congress has demanded a condolence resolution for the farmers who died during the protests.
At the meeting, opposition leaders also demanded a discussion on the Pegasus snooping row, fuel prices and unemployment in the session.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not present at the all-party meeting convened by the government, Defence Minister and Deputy Leader of Lok Sabha Rajnath Singh sought cooperation from all parties for productive and smooth functioning of the House.
Uttar Pradesh government has issued new guidelines for international travellers keeping in view of Omicron variant. All international passengers arriving at the Lucknow airport will have to undergo an RT-PCR test and eight-day home quarantine, the district administration said on Sunday following the emergence of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19.
The Lucknow district administration has laid emphasis on safety measures and issued directions for adherence to the COVID-19 protocols at the domestic and international terminals.
Omicron is a cause for concern, not cause for panic: US President Joe Biden
This variant (#Omicron) is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. I'll put forward a detailed strategy, outlining how we are going to fight COVID this winter, not with shutdowns & lockdowns but more widespread vaccination, boosters, testing & more: US President Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/XHgCZSBXrz
— ANI (@ANI) November 29, 2021
Omicron variant patients in Delhi to be isolated, treated at Lok Nayak Hospital
New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI) The Delhi Health Department has designated Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital as the dedicated facility to treat patients testing positive for the new COVID-19 variant Omicron.
The hospital has been asked to earmark wards for isolating and treating such patients.
The department also said that no patient with the new variant will be denied admission to hospitals on any ground.
The Union Health Ministry had Sunday issued new guidelines for international travellers for reporting of Omicron, which has been classified as 'variant of concern' by the World Health Organization (WHO).
According to the guidelines, a separate isolation unit has to be set up for the patients indicating the presence of Omicron.
"Accordingly, Lok Nayak Hospital is hereby designated as the dedicated hospital which will treat the patients detected with the new variant of SARS-CoV-2. Lok Nayak Hospital will designate one or more separate wards (as per need) for isolating and treating such patients," the order read.
Omicron is the fifth WHO-designated variant of concern first identified in South Africa. The other four are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta.
The WHO has said it is "not yet clear" if the newly-detected variant is more transmissible or causes more severe disease, but authorities across states in India ramped up efforts to deal with the evolving situation.
Earlier in the day, authorities in the national capital ordered RT-PCR testing for all people arriving from 'high-risk' countries, genome sequencing of the positive cases and mandatory isolation.
All adults in Britain will now be able to get third COVID jab
All adults in Britain will now be able to get a third COVID jab, a government scientific advisory body said Monday, extending the booster shots to adults aged 18 to 39 years old as concern mounts about the spread of the new Omicron variant, News Agency AFP reported.
Charles Pyngrope appointed as TMC state president in Meghalaya
Charles Pyngrope appointed as the TMC state president in Meghalaya, ANI reported.
Sputnik Omicron production
RDIF & Gamaleya Institute on #Omicron variant of COVID: "Sputnik V and Light are expected to neutralize Omicron as other mutations, necessary studies started. In unlikely case modification is needed, Sputnik Omicron will go in production in 45 days."
— Sputnik V (@sputnikvaccine) November 29, 2021
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