India's Omicron count ascends to 21: Tracking the spread of new Covid strain

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The Omicron variant has been spreading fast in India. In the last week, the number of people who contracted the new variant of the coronavirus rose to 21..Several contacts of the new cases are under surveillance and have been isolated, said, officials.

The central government has put in place strict travel restrictions on people arriving from abroad, especially from countries identified as ‘at at risk’.The emergence of the new strain of coronavirus has also dented India’s plans to restart international travel from December 15.

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