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In an attempt to scale-up anti-Covid measures the government has decided to screen all incoming passengers from  China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand for RT-PCR test.

This comes into effect from Saturday the 24th of December 2022 itself.

The central government advisory to all state governments has asked for full scale mock to be conduced on 27th of December to ensure readiness of health facilities including medical oxygen generation plants.

From Saturday, random coronavirus testing of international passengers started at airports including those in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Indore and Goa under new guidelines that require testing of two per cent of the passengers arriving in each international flight.

With the ordeal faced by the country during the second COVID-19 wave in April 2021 still fresh in the minds, the Centre told states and union territories that oxygen control rooms should be reinvigorated for prompt resolutions of oxygen-related issues and challenges.

Also mock drills should be held at all health facilities on Tuesday to ensure the readiness of the COVID-19 health facilities to meet the increase in clinical care needs due to any spurt in case.