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The exercise will focus on parameters such as the availability of health facilities like isolation beds, oxygen-supported beds and optimal availability of doctors, nurses and paramedics etc.
IIT Kharagpur's director V K Tewary said that the institute is aiming to be among the top 10 in the world.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said arrivals from Japan, S Korea, Singapore and Thailand will also be tested for COVID-19.
The civil aviation ministry has been directed by the union heath department to ensure this.
Chinese cities are currently hit by the highly transmissible Omicron strain, mostly BF.7 which is the main variant spreading in Beijing.
Only 27-28 per cent of India's eligible population have taken the precaution dose of COVID-19.
Referring to the letter signed by the three BJP MPs, Mandaviya said they have sought suspension of the yatra in national interest.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has urged all states and UTs to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of positive samples to keep track of newer variants.
Now, as the virus sweeps through a country of 1.4 billion people who lack natural immunity having been shielded for so long, there is growing concern about possible deaths, virus mutations and the impact, again, on the economy.
Monday's two deaths were the first to be reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) since Dec. 3, days before Beijing announced it was abandoning curbs which had largely kept the virus in check for three years but triggered widespread protests last month.