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Omicron is currently the dominant variant circulating globally, accounting for more than 98 per cent of viral sequences shared on GISAID after February 2022.
Union Health Minister Mandaviya said India has started 2 per cent random sampling of international travellers coming to the country and may consider making it mandatory for all if necessary.
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.
Following widespread protests, the country this month began dismantling its 'zero-COVID' regime of lockdowns and testing that had largely kept the virus away for 3 years.
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.
The number of medical tests provided free of cost by the city government at present is 212. With this, the total number of tests available for free will go up to 450.
Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said the trajectory of COVID-19 cases in the country is witnessing a slow and sustained decline since mid-July 2022.
It is feared that the data of around 3-4 crore patients could have been compromised due to the breach detected Wednesday morning.
It also promised to conduct surveys of madrassas (Islamic seminaries) and scrutinize the assets of the Waqf Board.