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Omicron scare: Here’s the list of countries at high risk and guidelines for passengers travelling from THESE nations
These are the countries where Omicron strain cases have been identified. The mutation was discovered for the first time in South Africa. Check the guidelines for passengers arriving from ‘at risk’ countries.

The Covid-19 virus, which is extremely infectious, does not seem to be going away anytime soon. After Alpha, Beta, Gama, and Delta, a new severe Covid-19 variant, Omicron has emerged. The first case of the Omicron variant is found in South Africa.
Because of the new Omicron coronavirus strain, the government is hesitant to resume foreign flights. It issued new guidelines on Sunday, identifying nearly a dozen countries as “at-risk” and eliminating the exemption for persons who have been vaccinated. The guidelines are designed to keep the Omicron variant from spreading.
What are the “at-risk” countries?
These are the countries where Omicron strain cases have been identified. The mutation was discovered for the first time in South Africa, and it has spread widely to several countries.

The countries assigned at-risk by the government are:
- Countries in Europe including the United Kingdom
- Brazil
- South Africa
- Bangladesh
- Israel
- Singapore
- Zimbabwe
- China
- Mauritius
- Botswana
- New Zealand
- Hong Kong
Omicron, which was first discovered in southern African countries, has now been discovered in various European countries, prompting travel bans and other restrictions in several parts of the world.
The variant is believed to be more contagious than previous variants, and experts are concerned that it would weaken the vaccinations’ ability to protect against Covid-19.

Guidelines for passengers arriving from ‘at risk’ countries
According to new rules released by the Health Ministry, passengers arriving in India from or travelling through at-risk countries would be subjected to an RT-PCR test and will be forced to wait for the outcomes before leaving the airport or boarding a connecting aircraft.
Travellers who test positive will be taken to a medical facility for isolation and will be required to stay there until they test negative if they are infected with the Omicron variant. If they are infected with any of the other variants, a doctor will decide whether or not they can be released, based on their condition.
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People who test negative after arriving from the countries listed will be confined to in-home quarantine and will be required to take another test on the eighth day. If they are positive, they must contact the Covid-19 helpline, according to the guidelines.
These passengers would also be required to disclose their travel history for the previous 14 days.
The government stated on November 26 that regular international commercial flights would resume on December 15 after a more than 20-month break. Currently, flights are being operated via bilateral bubble agreements with countries.
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WATCH: Man tries to approach PM Modi at rally in Karnataka’s Davangere, detained
Reports said the man in question was hiding inside the premises of GMIT college and was detained by SPG.

A man tried to approach PM Narendra Modi by jumping the barricade during an election road show in Karnataka’s Davangere on Saturday.
The video of the incident was caught on camera. The man hails from the Koppal district and is being interrogated by the police. Reports said senior police officer Alok Kumar ran towards him and stopped him from intruding into the convoy.
Watch the viral video here:
Reports further said the man in question was hiding inside the premises of GMIT college and the Special Protection Group detained the person and handed him over to the police.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today carried out a mega roadshow in Karnataka’s Davangere ahead of the Assembly Polls. Modi also inaugurated the Whitefield to Krishnarajapura metro line along with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in Bengaluru.
This is the second time when the Prime Minister’s security got compromised during a rally in the poll-bound state. A similar incident took place in January when PM Modi was rallying in Karnataka’s Hubballi. A boy had jumped on the road and was whisked away by the SPG.
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Odisha students fail to appear for annual exam as primary school found locked
Reports said the incident took place in the Koraput district of the state at Turli primary school under Narayanpatna block on Friday.

More than 30 class 1 to 5 students of a primary school in Odisha failed to write their annual exams as the school premise was found locked.
Reports said the incident took place in the Koraput district of the state at Turli primary school under Narayanpatna block on Friday. The school time is 7 am to 9:30 am and the students waited for almost two hours.
Block Education Officer Raghunath Pangi promised strict action against the teachers of the primary school and also launched an investigation into the matter. The primary school is located about 120 kilometers from the district headquarters town. According to the villagers, the school remains mostly locked as teachers do not come.
Reports further said academic activities are also not conducted in the school anymore and as a result most of the students cannot even write their named in Odia. Over 30 students are admitted in the school which has two teachers including a principal.
The villagers reached out to the authorities over the matter, however, no action was taken or implemented.
Meanwhile, a 7-year-old was found dead inside the hostel of a residential school in Bihar’s Saharsa district.
The victim has been identified Aditya Yadav who was brutally beaten up by the teacher with a wooden school for not completing his homework, reports said.
Yadav was a student of KG class and his body was found in a swollen state by his friend. Reports further stated that the accused, Sujeet Kumar asked the students to leave the victim’s body at a hospital and subsequently informed his parents that Yadav fainted in the school.
Upon reaching the hospital, Yadav was declared dead by the hospital.
The accused is absconding as the victim’s father filed a police case against him. Speaking to the local media, he informed that Yadav was taken to a local doctor who referred him to a Saharsa hospital. The boy then scumbed to his injuries during the treatment.
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Video of men attacking Muslim jaggery vendor with sticks, stones in Uttar Pradesh goes viral, police nab accused | WATCH
After the video went viral, the authorities tweeted that Nandgram police nabbed 6 accused in the matter. According to the Police’s statements, the incident transpired on the morning of March 24. The police also added and said that the accused are local vendors of the area. The victim has also been identified as Danish.

A video has come to light from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad where a group of men can be charging at a Muslim man with sticks and bricks. It was reported that a jaggery vendor in the area was attacked by a group of men, following which police rushed to the incident and filed a complaint.
In the video, 3 men with sticks and bricks can be seen charging at the vendor as he tries to flee. However, failing to do so, the jaggery vendor gets ruthlessly beaten up by the group of men.
The video also shows the jaggery vendor imploring and screeching after being struck by the sticks. The man, after struggling, can be seen fleeing away from the grips of the men assaulting him. The men can also be seen chasing after him as the man runs from the group of men.
Watch video here:
Police’s action
After the video went viral, the authorities tweeted that Nandgram police nabbed 6 accused in the matter. According to the Police’s statements, the incident transpired on the morning of March 24. The police also added and said that the accused are local vendors of the area. The victim has also been identified as Danish.
The accused have been identified as Ashutosh, Ashish Kaushik, Pravesh Kaushik, Anupam Kaushik, Sonu, and Titu who are residents of the same area. The police are probing the case further, said reports.
Twitter reactions
After the video of the incident went viral, many users came forward to add their take on the incident. One user wrote termed the incident as shameful. The user also praised the Police authorities for putting the accused behind bars for their gooney actions.
One user also wrote and urged the administration to bulldoze the property of the accused in the matter as a way to reprimand them.
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