Covid-19: Haryana's Yamuna Nagar reports 3 cases of Omicron variant
Yamuna Nagar: Three cases of Covid-19's Omicron variant have been reported from Yamuna Nagar in Haryana on Monday, raising an alarm for the state health department.
According to the information, a couple, who returned from the Netherlands, had tested positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Yamuna Nagar in Haryana. One of the family members of the couple also tested positive for the variant.
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With this, the total tally of Omicron cases in Haryana has increased to 14.
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Meanwhile, the central government on Monday extended the enforcement of nationwide Covid-19 containment measures until January 31, 2022, as concerns rose over the emergence of increased detection of the Covid-19 Variant of Concern (VoC) 'Omicron' in different parts of the country.
Referring to the increased Omicron cases, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an advisory to all the states and Union Territories (UTs), directing them to implement a "normative framework for taking evidence-based containment measures at district and local level and extended the Covid-19 containment measures till January 31 next year.
It is further directed that the National Directives for Covid-19 management, shall continue to be strictly followed throughout the country and all the District Magistrates shall strictly enforce the above measures.
-PTC News
