AHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said the government is considering implementing RT-PCR Mandatory test for passenger to India from China, Japan, south Korea, Singapore and Thailand in the context of the increasing number of Covid-19 infections in these countries.
He was speaking on the sidelines of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Ahmedabad (NIPER-A) convening in Gandhinagar.
Mandaviya later tweeted that at Delhi International Airport, sample testing for passengers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Japan, South Korea and several other countries had begun on Saturday.
“Filling in the ‘Air Suvidha’ form to declare a health condition will be mandatory for passengers coming from these countries… After landing in India, they will have their temperature checked and we will. ordered them to be quarantined if they tested positive or had a fever when they arrived in the country,” Mandaviya said.
500 random international flyers being tested at IGI
As airports begin random testing of international passengers, a senior Health Ministry official said anyone with symptoms of Covid-19 will be “immediately isolated, taken to the nearest hospital.” designated medical facility according to medical procedures”.
“A randomized trial after arriving at 2% of all passengers on all international flights is underway. Passengers are being asked to submit a form before being allowed to leave the airport. If someone’s sample comes back positive, it will be sent for genomic testing at the INSACOG lab network,” he added. On average, 25,000 international visitors arrive at Delhi airport every day, of which 500 random passengers are being tested, Dr. Gauri Agarwal, founder, Genestrings Diagnostic Center oversees Covid check at the airport, tell TOI. “The timely decision by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Civil Aviation to start randomized testing at airports is a much-needed precaution,” Agarwal said.
Mandaviya praises the work of Indians in developing Covid shots
In his speech during a convening at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Ahmedabad (NIPER-A) in Gandhinagar, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya emphasized the importance of basic research and transformation, innovation and entrepreneurship. He called on institutions like NIPER to develop capacity to receive high-quality scientific research in emerging and disruptive technologies.
“During the pandemic, India has helped all countries unconditionally – I received a call from a foreign health minister looking for azithromycin. In return, he provided us with ventilators. I told him that we need ventilators, but we will send the medicine anyway, no need to barter,” the health minister said.
He also praised the work of Indian scientists in developing a Covid vaccine. “During a meeting, the Prime Minister asked if we could develop a vaccine. One young scientist said it was possible, but he soon stopped. When prompted, he said that with the existing norm, it would take four years. We were shocked that a lot of research was stalled because of bureaucracy,” says Mandaviya. “We asked the researchers to go ahead and assure them of any support. Therefore, we gave the first human indigenous vaccination on January 19, 2021.”
He was speaking on the sidelines of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Ahmedabad (NIPER-A) convening in Gandhinagar.
Mandaviya later tweeted that at Delhi International Airport, sample testing for passengers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Japan, South Korea and several other countries had begun on Saturday.
“Filling in the ‘Air Suvidha’ form to declare a health condition will be mandatory for passengers coming from these countries… After landing in India, they will have their temperature checked and we will. ordered them to be quarantined if they tested positive or had a fever when they arrived in the country,” Mandaviya said.
500 random international flyers being tested at IGI
As airports begin random testing of international passengers, a senior Health Ministry official said anyone with symptoms of Covid-19 will be “immediately isolated, taken to the nearest hospital.” designated medical facility according to medical procedures”.
“A randomized trial after arriving at 2% of all passengers on all international flights is underway. Passengers are being asked to submit a form before being allowed to leave the airport. If someone’s sample comes back positive, it will be sent for genomic testing at the INSACOG lab network,” he added. On average, 25,000 international visitors arrive at Delhi airport every day, of which 500 random passengers are being tested, Dr. Gauri Agarwal, founder, Genestrings Diagnostic Center oversees Covid check at the airport, tell TOI. “The timely decision by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Civil Aviation to start randomized testing at airports is a much-needed precaution,” Agarwal said.
Mandaviya praises the work of Indians in developing Covid shots
In his speech during a convening at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Ahmedabad (NIPER-A) in Gandhinagar, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya emphasized the importance of basic research and transformation, innovation and entrepreneurship. He called on institutions like NIPER to develop capacity to receive high-quality scientific research in emerging and disruptive technologies.
“During the pandemic, India has helped all countries unconditionally – I received a call from a foreign health minister looking for azithromycin. In return, he provided us with ventilators. I told him that we need ventilators, but we will send the medicine anyway, no need to barter,” the health minister said.
He also praised the work of Indian scientists in developing a Covid vaccine. “During a meeting, the Prime Minister asked if we could develop a vaccine. One young scientist said it was possible, but he soon stopped. When prompted, he said that with the existing norm, it would take four years. We were shocked that a lot of research was stalled because of bureaucracy,” says Mandaviya. “We asked the researchers to go ahead and assure them of any support. Therefore, we gave the first human indigenous vaccination on January 19, 2021.”
