New COVID strain in Singapore: Hardeep Singh Puri says govt keeping eye on situation
Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Tuesday mentioned the Centre is taking all precautions and keeping an eye on the situation in Singapore after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to it to cancel all flights with the city-state as a “very dangerous” coronavirus strain has been detected there.
“Kejriwal ji, all international flights have been stopped since March 2020. We have no air bubble with Singapore either,” Puri mentioned on Twitter.
Only a couple of flights are being operated between the 2 nations underneath Vande Bharat Mission to carry stranded Indians again, he added.
“We are still keeping an eye on the situation. All precautions are being taken,” Puri famous.
India suspended all scheduled worldwide passenger flights on March 23, 2020, because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, particular worldwide passenger flights have been working underneath the Vande Bharat Mission since May 2020 and underneath air bubbles fashioned with round 27 nations since July 2020.
Earlier in the day, Kejriwal appealed to the Centre to instantly cancel all air providers with Singapore, saying the brand new strain of coronavirus there may be mentioned to be “very dangerous” for kids.
This new strain of virus might invade India in the type of a 3rd wave, he mentioned in a tweet.
While there isn’t a identified Singapore strain of the coronavirus or any identified to have originated in the city-state, Kejriwal seemed to be referring to a media report on Monday.
The report had talked about the menace posed to Singapore’s kids by the variant first detected in India.
Reacting to the media report, Dr V Ok Paul, member (well being), NITI Aayog, on Tuesday mentioned, “We are examining it.”
The nationwide capital on Tuesday reported 4,482 COVID-19 circumstances, the bottom single-day rise since April 5, and 265 fatalities, whereas the positivity price dipped to six.89 per cent.
Delhi had reported 4,524 circumstances and 340 fatalities on Monday, whereas the positivity price was 8.42 per cent.
