Omicron India LIVE Updates: No final recommendation was made on addiional COVID dose and vaccine for children in meeting of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI).

Omicron India LIVE Updates: India has been recording rising cases of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 which has been declared as a Variant of Concern (VoC) by WHO. As of December 6, the country has 23 cases of the variant, 17 of which were detected on December 5. The first two cases of the COVID-19 variant were found in Karnataka on December 2. Subsequently, cases were then detected

from Gujarat, Mahrashtra, Delhi and Rajasthan. Currently, Rajasthan has the most number of Omicron cases at 9 and then Maharashtra at 8. Anticipating the threat from the new variant the Central government tightened the travel guidelines for international passengers coming from 'at risk' countries, where passengers have to undergo RT-PCR test on arrival and will be required to wait for the results before leaving the airport or taking a connecting flight. The list of 12 at-risk countries include countries in Europe including The United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel.

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Omicron India LIVE Updates: No final recommendation was made on addiional COVID dose and vaccine for children in meeting of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI).