Kejriwal Urges PM Modi to Stop Flights from Countries Hit By New Covid Variant ‘Omicron’

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 27th Nov. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday requested PM Modi to stop flights from countries which are affected by the new variant of coronavirus ‘Omicron’. This new variant ‘Omicron’ has been declared as the ‘variant of concern’ by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Kejriwal tweeted, “I urge Hon’ble PM to stop flights from those countries which are affected by the new variant. With great difficulty, our country has recovered from Corona. We should do everything possible to prevent this new variant from entering India.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired an important meeting on the Covid situation and the vaccination drive in the country with top officials.

This review meeting is held amid rising global concerns of a new strain of the coronavirus. The World Health Organization has named this new strain ‘Omicron’ and classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern.

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