Mizoram Likely to Issue New Guidelines on COVID-19 Omicron Variant

A state-level professional panel on COVID-19 administration has provided draft instructions to the government for screening and monitoring people arriving from overseas.

According to the officials, who also is a team member, the new SOP will include guidelines for Covid acceptable conduct for such passengers.

On Thursday, India announced first ever two cases of the Omicron strain of COVID-19, both within Karnataka, in a South African national and a Bengaluru doctor who had no prior travel information and were completely vaccinated. The mutant species is still being studied, according to the expert, and determining its characteristics will take probably 2 weeks.

Notably, the Omicron version is much more contagious than the Delta variant because it has a higher number of mutations and spike protein. On Thursday, Mizoram reported 275 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 1,35,450.

In another state from the North Eastern region, Meghalaya also has implicated new regulations for the new deadly mutant, Omicron. In light of the Omicron variety of Coronavirus, the Meghalaya government has amended its entering procedures, since there is a risk of a spike in reported cases from suspected cases, even within the state of Meghalaya.

Furthermore it specifies that anyone entering from outside the country or from elevated countries has to return for seven days of quarantine, accompanied by seven days of self-health monitoring. If subsequent test results is positive,  the patient's samples will be sent for genetic testing. Passengers arriving from nations other than those designated as countries at risk would be subjected to RTPCR screening on landing at points of entry, according to a Ministry of Health and Family Welfare statement of November 28, 2021. If the test is negative, self-health monitoring for 14 days is required; if the test is positive, a sample for genomic testing is required. 

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