Officials launch “High surveillance” at border checkpoint in Birgunj
Kathmandu, December 3. The officials of the Nepal-India border checkpoint in Birgunj have started high surveillance for people entering Nepal.
The move was taken on Thursday, hours after the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered in India.
Parsa’s Chief District Officer Umesh Kumar Dhakal told reporters that the administration is preparing an action plan to take precautions to prevent the virus from entering the country.
Omicron in India
On Thursday, the government of India announced that the new “Omicron” variant of COVID-19 has been detected in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Labh Agarwal, a high-level officer of the Indian health ministry told reporters, “Up to this point, two Omicron variant cases have been reported in the country. Both cases are from the state of Karnataka.”
Agrawal also said that a team of experts has already traced the contacts of the two patients. The contacts have also been ordered to stay in quarantine.
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