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Health Ministry to meet over mutant COVID-19 strain in UK
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Highlights
Health Ministry calls urgent meeting on Monday to discuss new, mutated strain of the coronavirus in UK.
The challenges and its impact of the new mutated variant is likely to be discussed in the meeting.
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has showed concerns about the emergence of a new, mutated strain of the coronavirus in the UK, it has called for an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday (December 21, 2020).
In the meeting, the challenges posed by the
The concern is emphasised due to the sharp rise in the
number of cases of infections in the UK which has led to a stricter Tier-4 lockdown. Also, a number of European countries have banned flights from the UK as the British government warned that the potent new variant of the virus was “out of control”.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan: Indians might get first COVID-19 vaccine shot in January
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan: Indians might get first COVID-19 vaccine shot in January
Written bySagarika ChoudharySagarika Choudhary / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 08:10 IST
coronavirus vaccine in January.
Stating that the Centre s first priority is the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, he told ANI, We don t want to compromise on that. I personally feel, maybe in any week of January 2021, we can be in a position to give first
COVID-19 vaccine shot to people of
India.
He added that the first one crore people to be vaccinated will be the health workers in the private and public sector, while the next two crores to be vaccinated will be frontline workers, sanitation staff, police, and other frontline workers, followed by people over the age of 50.
Coronavirus vaccine
Taking serious note and consideration of the newly found Covid-19 strain in the United Kingdom, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is holding an emergency meeting today. The Joint Monitoring Group (JGM) called the meeting to deliberate on the latest alarming developments in the UK, said a senior government official. “Government is alert, no need to panic” is what Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on new strain of coronavirus in the UK.
The Indian government has decided to suspend all flights originating from the UK till 31st December, as a safety measure. This suspension will be in effect from 22nd December and all the flights which are in transit will have a mandatory RT-PCR test on their arrival. This announcement has been made today by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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